Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Virginia’s Law On ICE Cooperation

Virginia is now 0-2 on their ICE hatred, having previously been blocked on their ICE mask ban

Bummer

(WRIC) A new law regulating how Virginia’s local law enforcement agencies participate in immigration enforcement alongside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

Multiple new laws regulating ICE enforcement in Virginia have faced legal challenges from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in recent months.

On Monday, Aug. 31, a federal judge granted an injunction temporarily blocking a law involved in one such lawsuit. This injunction will keep the law from being enforced as the legal process plays out.

Companion bills SB 783 and HB 1441 placed constraints on Section 287(g) agreements within the state. These agreements allow law enforcement agencies to assist ICE in immigration enforcement.

This is different from simply having a working relationship with ICE and complying with ICE investigations, which all agencies are expected to do. Instead, 287(g) agreements allow law enforcement to actively participate in immigration enforcement.

Under this new law, Virginia’s local and state agencies cannot maintain, renew or enter into any federal immigration agreement unless it meets certain conditions. Law enforcement is also barred from assisting in immigration operations unless presented with a valid judicial warrant, subpoena or detainer.

The federal judge stated that Virginia was violating the Constitution in multiple ways, and was overriding federal authority. This is just preliminary, stopping the law from taking effect, but, it sure looks like Virginia will lose. Don’t forget, a goodly chunk of the counties in Va. are Republican, it’s just the populations of liberals in small areas like northern Va near DC that make the state “Democrat”.

And, yes, there is some cooperation between law enforcement and ICE even in those heavily Democrat areas

Undocumented immigrant convicted of groping girls at Virginia high school released to ICE custody

An undocumented immigrant who was convicted of groping girls at a Northern Virginia high school has been released into the custody of ICE, according to the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office.

What we know: In early March, Israel Flores Ortiz, 19, was accused of groping several of his classmates after officials at Fairfax High School reported multiple cases of assault. A police investigation revealed Ortiz had assaulted numerous girls at the school.

He was convicted of 9 counts of assault and battery, after coming behind females in school and “grabbing them between the legs.” He ended up serving just 140 days for these assaults on minors. He was an illegal who came into the US in 2024, and was then dropped into high school.