What You Need To Know:
Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano let a dangerous criminal back on our streets after dropping serious felony charges against an illegal immigrant who had already been deported twice before.
These liberal “criminal-first, victim-last” policies directly threaten YOUR family’s safety while Democrat officials prioritize protecting criminals from deportation over protecting YOU.
Wilmer Osmany Ramos Giron faced up to 15 years in prison for strangling a woman and threatening her with a knife. Instead, Descano reduced his charges to just a misdemeanor.
The victim, a mother of two young children, told reporters that Descano’s office LIED when they claimed she wanted the charges reduced. She was shocked by how “easy” the criminal got off.
Descano’s website openly admits he makes “charging and plea decisions that limit or avoid immigration consequences” for illegal immigrants – creating a two-tiered justice system where American citizens face harsher consequences than those here illegally.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares called this practice “unconscionable” and said Descano is acting “like a social worker instead of a prosecutor.”
This is part of Fairfax County’s dangerous sanctuary policies where Sheriff Stacey Kincaid refuses to honor ICE detainers, and the County Board banned police from working with federal immigration officials – even for violent criminals.
by Nick Minock Fri, April 4th 2025 at 4:46 PM
Updated Mon, April 7th 2025 at 1:40 PM
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano’s office, in a plea agreement, dropped a felony charge against Wilmer Osmany Ramos Giron for allegedly strangling a woman in exchange for a guilty plea for brandishing a machete/blade in January, which is a misdemeanor, according to court documents obtained by 7News.
The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office told 7News he was released in March.
Originally, the charges Ramos Giron faced in January 2025 were abduction by force, strangulation, and assault on a family member, the court documents showed.
After the alleged strangulation, the victim filed an emergency protective order against Ramos Giron and it was granted by the court.
According to the 2025 emergency protective order, Ramos Giron took the woman’s keys, preventing her from leaving and asked her to get into his car. The emergency protective order said while inside, Ramos Giron placed two hands on her throat, impeding her air, and also held a knife over her, according to the victim.
On Jan. 27, 2025, an officer responded to a domestic call, and Ramos Giron was accused of assaulting his ex-wife while arguing, according to court documents.
Court documents said Ramos Giron also allegedly placed his hand around her neck to strangle her, causing her “to be fearful of leaving as a knife was present” and “waived it over her legs.”
He wanted to see his children, court documents said.
The victim also filed an emergency protective order against Ramos Giron in 2019, which was granted around the time he was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and pointing and brandishing a firearm.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told 7News that Ramos Giron is illegally present in the United States.
According to Descano’s website, Descano takes immigration consequences into account when making charging and plea decisions.
“Wherever possible, Steve will make charging and plea decisions that limit or avoid immigration consequences,” Descano’s website states.
“Descano has dropped felonies to misdemeanors on people who are illegally present in the country. Do you think this is like a two-tier justice system where illegal immigrants are being treated differently because of Descano’s approach?” 7News Reporter Nick Minock asked Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares.
“Think about this: He is willing to treat those that have broken our laws and come here illegally and give them a lenient sentence or plea deal than somebody that’s actually a legal citizen of the United States. That’s unconscionable to me that someone would think that is in some way protecting our community,” answered Miyares. “And you know somebody like Descano clearly views himself as a social worker instead of a prosecutor. That’s not your role. Your job as a prosecutor is to vigorously protect your citizens. That’s not protecting your citizens. I saw firsthand in Fairfax County a known MS-13 gang member that was indicted on a rape charge. A judge, for some reason, decided to give this individual bond, and rather than notify ICE this person was about to walk out the front door, it’s time and time again we have local law enforcement individuals that should know better, just decide, for political reasons, they’re not going to do their job. And I guess that would be my message is do your job, protect your citizens. If someone’s here illegally and they have committed a violent crime, or they’re a drug dealer and you can pick them up on an illegal weapons charge, you shouldn’t treat them more leniently than you would an actual U.S. citizen.”
Sean Kennedy is a Fairfax County Criminal Justice Advisory Board member.
“It’s appalling that Fairfax’s prosecutor would protect and abet this dangerous, violent offender precisely because he is illegally present,” said Sean Kennedy, President of Virginians for Safe Communities, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting public safety in the Commonwealth. “How does breaking one set of laws provide you immunity to break more? It shouldn’t but it does in Fairfax two-tier justice system. A new poll shows that 97% of Americans want violent criminal aliens to be deported — unfortunately Fairfax County is run by the dangerously deluded 3%”
According to the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office, Ramos Giron was released in March 2025 because the man received a misdemeanor conviction.
According to an ICE spokesperson, “Wilmer Ramos Giron is an illegally present, previously removed Guatemalan national. He illegally re-entered the United States twice after ICE deported him. He has a prior federal conviction for a firearms crime. On Jan. 27, ICE learned of Ramos-Giron’s arrest for abduction by force, assault on a family member, and strangle another causing injury. ICE lodged an immigration detainer against Ramos-Giron with the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.”
As 7News has extensively reported, the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office, which is led by Sheriff Stacey Kincaid, has a general policy to not honor ICE detainers and only release an inmate to ICE if ICE secures a judicial warrant, even for violent offenders who are in the U.S. illegally.
7News has also reported that the Fairfax County Police Department is banned from sharing immigration information with federal immigration officials on people they encounter because of the Trust Policy the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors implemented years ago.
Federal immigration officials told 7News Reporter Nick Minock more information about Ramos Giron, including:
On Friday, 7News reached out to Descano’s office for comment on Ramos Giron’s case.