Virginia Governor Signed an Anti-ICE Order and a Top Constitutional Lawyer Just Destroyed It
Kate Steinle's killer walked free in San Francisco because the city refused to hand him to ICE. Now Virginia's governor just signed her own version of that policy.What a law professor just said about that order should embarrass her completely. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin didn't mince words when Spanberger signed Executive Order 16 this week. "No surprise: Governor Spanberger continues to put illegal alien criminals over her own constituents," Mullin said.
The order instructs Virginia state employees to demand valid federal warrants before allowing ICE onto Commonwealth property and bars state facilities from being used as staging areas. Federal law – specifically 18 U.S.C. 592 – already prohibits federal armed personnel from stationing themselves at polling places.
That law covers ICE. It was on the books long before Spanberger picked up a pen.
Constitutional scholar Hans von Spakovsky of Advancing American Freedom called it for what it is: "This is political theater. First of all, no warrant is required under federal immigration law to detain individuals. And it is a completely unnecessary provision."
Spanberger herself knew that when she signed it.
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