Virginia governor orders state police to cooperate with ICE
Youngkin's order says some state officers will be deputized as federal immigration agents
By Joseph Olmo, News4 reporter • Published 3 hours ago
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order instructing state police and prison officers to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order on Thursday instructing state police and prison officers to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
In the order, Youngkin said he aims to “improve the safety of all Virginians by maximizing our collaboration with the federal government to enforce immigration law.”
The Republican governor's order says some state officers will be deputized as federal immigration agents. It directs state police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to create a task force of federally deputized state troops to identify and arrest "illegal immigrants who pose a risk to public safety."
Our partner station Telemundo 44 spoke with Hector Joya, a member of the local immigrant rights group CASA, who says this move is terrorizing immigrant families.
Joya says he fears the order will cause immigrants to lose trust with local police and lead to racial profiling.
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