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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is calling on prosecutors to try, convict and punish Stephanie Minter’s illegal killer, saying he must face American justice before being ordered to leave the country.
Kaine said he feared that deportation from the country might be a compromise.
“I’m not sure if he gets fired, [that] He will surely face the punishment he deserves. If you fire him now, what’s the guarantee that he will face dire consequences for what he did?” Kaine said.
“I think he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and then deported, but I don’t want him to escape accountability for this crime.”
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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks to reporters as he enters the Senate Chamber on Dec. 11. 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Authorities are charging Abdul Jalloh, 32, a native of Sierra Leone, with the murder of Stephanie Minter after authorities found her dead at a bus stop in Fairfax, Virginia last month.
Jalloh had already been arrested more than 30 times before his dispute with Minter, according to the Ministry of Security. Among his other crimes in the past are rape, wounding, assault, possession of drugs, stealing his personal information, trespassing and more.
Local authorities dropped previous charges against Jalloh, allowing him to walk free.
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Kaine believes this time should be different.
“I think he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and then deported,” Kaine said.
Abdul Jalloh, 32, is accused of killing Stephanie Minter, 41, at a bus stop in Virginia. (Fox 5 DC)
Jalloh was charged with murder.
Although questions remain about why Virginia authorities released Jalloh, Kaine, who served as Virginia’s governor from 2006 to 2010, said ICE may have failed to follow up on requests to arrest Jalloh before Minter’s murder.
“My experience as governor — and this is now 15 or 20 years ago — is that we used to notify ICE before we took anybody out of jail in Virginia, and they didn’t show up,” Kaine said.
VIRGINIA PROSECUTOR’S RECORD FOR VIOLENCE IS RESPECTED AFTER OUTLAW COUNTER CHARGED FOR MY MURDER.
Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington, DC on March 13, 2025. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“We would have given them two weeks’ notice [and say] ‘Hey, here’s someone who’s here to come and get them’ and they didn’t come. That was more of my experience.”
Fox Digital has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment.
