Gov. Spanberger orders (Virginia) state law enforcement to exit federal immigration agreements
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed an executive directive Wednesday instructing the state's law enforcement agencies to terminate agreements that allowed them to be deputized to conduct federal immigration enforcement activities.
A statement from Spanberger's office reads in part: "Governor Spanberger today directed Virginia's state law enforcement agencies and divisions — Virginia State Police, Virginia Department of Corrections, Virginia Conservation Police, and Virginia Marine Police — to terminate all existing 287(g) agreements with U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE). These agreements placed Virginia law enforcement officers under federal control and supervision to conduct civil immigration enforcement."
Spanberger's Republican predecessor, Glenn Youngkin, ordered state law enforcement agencies to enter 287(g) agreements roughly a year ago as part of a nationwide immigration crackdown desired by President Donald Trump.
On her first day in office last month, Spanberger, a Democrat, signed 10 executive orders — one of which rescinded Youngkin's order that also encouraged local law enforcement bodies to enter similar agreements. But that order merely eliminated Youngkin's directive, rather than dissolving the agreements themselves.
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