FIRST ON FOX: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is ratcheting up his crackdown against sanctuary jurisdictions across the country.Jordan is sending subpoenas to district attorneys in Boulder, Colorado, and Fairfax, Virginia, accusing both of giving "preferential treatment" to "criminal aliens" when weighing whether and how to prosecute wrongdoing."Despite repeated requests for responsive documents and communications, you have not produced a single document.Accordingly, because you have failed to comply with the Committee’s requests, the Committee is serving compulsory process," he wrote in separate letters to Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano and Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty, both obtained by Fox News Digital.HOCHUL BOASTS 'I JUST BANNED IT' AS NEW YORK OUTLAWS LOCAL POLICE PARTNERSHIPS WITH ICERep.
Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leaves the U.S.Capitol after the last votes of the week on June 11, 2026.
(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.via Getty Images)"Your office’s lenient treatment of foreign national criminals endangers communities and ensures that criminal aliens escape both criminal and immigration accountability for their actions."Jordan's committee has for weeks investigated district attorneys who have been accused of taking immigration status into account when pursuing criminal complaints, even when the alleged crime has nothing to do with the suspect's legal status.DOJ OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO SOROS-BACKED DA ACCUSED OF SHIELDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CONSEQUENCESDescano, in particular, has recently made headlines after the stabbing death of 41-year-old U.S.
citizen Stephanie Minter, whose accused killer came to the U.S.illegally from Sierra Leone in 2012.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the man had been arrested over 30 times before Minter's killing.Descano, who has led the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office since January 2020, issued plea bargaining guidance that...