EXCLUSIVE: Dem Rep ‘Personally Requested’ Meeting With Illegal Migrant Gangbanger Who Kidnapped Child
House Democrats Gather For Their Caucus Meeting On Capitol Hill
Jason Hopkins
Immigration Reporter
August 11, 2025
A Democratic congressman “personally requested” to meet with a criminal gangbanger and several other illegal migrants with serious rap sheets during a detention facility tour, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Amid a Friday visit to the Farmville Detention Center — an immigration detention center in central Virginia — Democratic Virginia Rep. Don Beyer personally requested to meet with several illegal migrant detainees with heinous criminals rap sheets, DHS exclusively shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation. One of the individuals Beyer asked to meet with was Ricardo Hernando, an 18th Street gang member previously convicted of parental kidnapping, abduction by force, burglary to commit armed larceny and a slate of other crimes. (RELATED: Anti-ICE Rioter Faces Serious Prison Time After Allegedly Hurling Cinderblock At Border Agent)
The 18th Street gang, also known as Barrio 18, is a massive criminal syndicate originating in Los Angeles that boasts tens of thousands of members across the U.S., Mexico and Central America, according to the Department of Justice. The gang largely takes in revenue from drug distribution, and its members have been convicted of an endless number of crimes, such as homicide, drive-by shootings and robberies.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/11/exclusive-don-beyer-met-illegal-migrant-gangbangers/
