LOL: Virginia Governor Quixote Thinks She Has Power Over ICE

How’s that affordability thing going in Virginia? Why are Democrats so damned invested in protecting illegal aliens?

Spanberger takes more steps to control ICE arrests in Virginia

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) took additional steps this week to put limits on federal immigration enforcement, issuing an executive order that bars U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from carrying out arrests on state property unless they have a warrant.

That’s not what federal law requires

Her executive order also prohibits ICE agents from using state property as a staging area for enforcement operations.

“Kids in elementary school are afraid to get on the bus, neighbors fear being targeted based on their appearance at the grocery store, and workers are not showing up at their jobs,” Spanberger said in a news release Wednesday announcing the order. “Public trust in state and local law enforcement is being undermined by the aggressive tactics used by federal immigration officials.”

Grocery stores are state property? Anyhow, the easy answer is to hand over illegals who have broken the law to federal immigration agents

The order and a bill signed by Spanberger this week that prohibits law enforcement officers from wearing masks in most situations are part of efforts by state officials around the country to temper the Trump administration’s ramped-up immigration enforcement effort.

This has already been shot down by high courts in California. Keep tilting at windmills, Abby!

After being sworn into office in January, one of Spanberger’s first acts as governor was to issue an executive order rescinding an action by her predecessor, former governor Glenn Youngkin (R), that required state law enforcement agencies to enter into cooperation agreements with ICE. Such 287(g) agreements deputize state officials to either conduct federal immigration enforcement themselves or allow them to facilitate ICE arrests.

Just hand them over to ICE, since they broke some law when detained by local, county, and state law enforcement. That would avoid a lot of the issues.

J. Garren Shipley, spokesman for the House Republican Caucus, said his party believes both bills overstepped the authority of the state, venturing into federal law enforcement policy, and were, therefore, unconstitutional.

“The U.S. Constitution makes it absolutely clear that when federal and state law are in conflict, federal law wins,” Shipley said in an interview. “States cannot interfere with how federal law enforcement officers conduct their duties.”

Expect a lawsuit by the DOJ soon, just like in the other places that tried this. Once again, the point of Democrats protecting illegals, even murderers and child rapists, is to get them to vote in local elections, maybe county and state, get more Dems elected to offices, and, whoops, they just happened to fill out the federal section of the ballot and vote for Dems federally.