Cracking down on MS-13. Yesterday law enforcement authorities arrested  Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos (yes, two “r”s in Henrry and a “u” in Josue), a top member of the MS-13 gang who had been living in Virginia for 10 years. He was charged with illegal gun possession after a search of his home. State police and the Virginia Department of Corrections cooperated with federal authorities, Governor Glenn Youngkin said, according to Fox News. Santos’ arrest was just the latest in a string of busts that have swept up 28 MS-13 gang members, 19 Tren de Aragua gang members, and dozens of other organized crime members. “Virginia is not a sanctuary state,” Youngkin said. “We are working to get the bad guys out of here.”

But Virginia still has sanctuary cities… and 200 protesters marching at the University of Virginia yesterday would like UVA to become a sanctuary university. In response to the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a native of Syria and a Palestinian activist who organized anti-Israel rallies at a Columbia University, the protesters demanded UVA protect students from federal immigration officers by not permitting federal immigration officers on Grounds without a valid warrant, reports The Daily Progress. Khalil, a 30-year-old student, is charged with omitting his employment with problematic groups in the Middle East from his green card application. My best advice to UVA students: don’t work for groups that play handsies with terrorist organizations, fill out your green card applications accurately, and don’t intimidate American citizens of Jewish faith when you get here, and chances are pretty good that you’ll not get in trouble.

Maybe people will start riding the Metro again. Washington, D.C., metro leaders have approved a plan to ban riders from the system for up to a year if they are arrested more than once for an assault or sex offense inside a Metro station, train or bus, reports The Washington Post. The implication, I guess, is that you get one freebie assault, but after that you’re really in trouble. Insofar as bad guys pay no heed to state lines, the move should make the Metro a tad safer for Northern Virginia riders. The move comes on top of hundreds of arrests for fare evasion. In an extraordinary coincidence that baffles criminologists (just kidding about the criminologists), crime in the Metro system is the lowest in seven years– down about 65% from 2023. It seems that criminalizing crime and enforcing the law actually helps reduce crime. Who knew?