Spanberger EO "gives new Governor the option" to end relationship between ICE and Virginia State Police [View all]
Governor Abigail Spanberger was inaugurated Saturday, and with it issued a series of day one executive orders. Among them is one giving her the option to end a relationship initiated by former governor Glenn Youngkin between Virginia State Police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
According to numbers obtained by The Virginian-Pilot's Kate Seltzer, as of November, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, had detained over 6,200 people since former Governor Youngkin entered into a 287(g) agreement with the federal agency early last year. That agreement deputizes Virginia State Police to assist ICE in its roundup of residents.
And Saturday, shortly after her inauguration, Governor Spanberger signed an order that gives her "the option to remove Virginia State Police from this agreement," according to a gubernatorial spokesperson.
Inaugural speech
“In Virginia, our hardworking, law-abiding immigrant neighbors will know that when we say — we’ll focus on the security and safety of all of our neighbors, we mean them too," Spanberger said.
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