Category: Immigration
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Spanberger’s Illegal-Aliens-First Agenda
by Kerry Dougherty Sadly, the House of Delegates holds the power of impeachment for “mal-administration, corruption or endangering the state” and controlled by far-left politicians who agree with Spanberger’s Illegal-Aliens-First agenda. So there is no path to abort her governorship. Yet. Perhaps you heard, on Monday, February 23, a 41-year-old woman named Stephanie Minter was…
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Virginia’s Sanctuary Playbook
A coordinated national campaign is targeting the Commonwealth. by Jeff Bayard Part 2 of a 3-part investigative series: Virginia’s sanctuary transformation — happening while you weren’t watching This is not grassroots advocacy. Virginia’s sanctuary playbook follows a documented national pattern—one developed by policy organizations, funded by major foundations, and already deployed in California, Oregon, Illinois,…
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Sanctuary Virginia: How Our Leaders Are Undermining Law, Borders, and Justice
by Jeff Bayard A question every Virginian should ask Is Virginia becoming a sanctuary state? The honest answer is yes—and it is happening faster than most citizens realize. Since January 2026, Governor Abigail Spanberger has signed executive actions terminating Virginia’s cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Meanwhile, the General Assembly is advancing bills that would prohibit…
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Followup: Canadian Owner of Hanover Warehouse Pulls Out of ICE Deal
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Jim Pattison Developments, the Vancouver-based owner of the warehouse in Hanover County which the Dept. of Homeland Security was proposing to purchase and renovate into an ICE processing center, has pulled out of the deal, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The company issued a brief statement, “The transaction to sell our industrial building…
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Political Activism Over ICE Creeps into Virginia’s Public Schools
The anti-ICE crowd is taking the fight against federal immigration enforcement to a school near you. by Shelly Norden Political activism attacking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is increasingly showing up inside Virginia’s public schools, raising questions about where education ends and national political campaigning begins. In recent days, union-aligned posts have encouraged educators…
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Hanover Opposes ICE Detention Center
by Dick Hall-Sizemore The Trump administration has to know it is in trouble when Hanover County opposes the establishment of an immigrant processing center within its boundaries. Hanover is the most reliably Republican jurisdiction in the Richmond area and one of the most reliable in the state. In each of the last three Presidential elections, Trump…
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Minneapolis, Here We Come
All the pieces are falling into place for Minneapolis-style chaos in Virginia. On Fox News, White House border czar Tom Homan responds to Governor Abigail Spanberger’s executive order suspending the Virginia State ‘s mandatory cooperation with ICE. Homan vows the Trump administration “will forge ahead with its deportation efforts despite resistance from Virginia’s new Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger.”
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Virginia’s New Immigration Enforcement Policies
From Governor Abigail Spanberger’s Executive Order No. 10 taking the state police out of immigration-law enforcement: Ensuring public safety in Virginia requires state and local law enforcement to be focused on their core responsibilities of investigating and deterring criminal activity, staffing jails, and community engagement. Since 2025, Virginians have been deprived of critical public safety…
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Trump Administration Sues UVA for Offering In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens
by Kerry Dougherty Imagine, for a moment, you’re the parent of an exceptional North Carolina high school senior. She worked hard. Her grades are excellent. Her test scores are top tier. She applies to and is accepted at Virginia’s prestigious flagship, the University of Virginia. The cost of in-state tuition for a first-year student ranges…
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Worth Reading….
Charlottesville, VA, Eliminating Use of Camera Systems Because Feds Might Track Illegal Aliens From David Strom with Hot Air: “The Charlottesville police department will drop its use of the Flock license plate reading camera system due to concerns that the federal government might find illegal aliens it is looking for if it gets ahold of…
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Fairfax County’s Sanctuary Policy Is Costing Lives
by Stephanie Lundquist-AroraRepublished with permission from IWFeatures On Dec. 17, Marvin Fernando Morales-Ortez, 23, allegedly shot and killed a man in Reston, Virginia. Only the day before, Fairfax County officials ignored an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer request and released him from jail. According to case documents from the Fairfax County General District Court, police…
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Block the Flocks?
According to the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism, there are well over 1,000 Flock license-plate readers in Virginia. Here follows a Copilot AI-generated article about the cameras. Flock cameras in Virginia are automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) used for surveillance and law enforcement, recently regulated by new legislation aimed at balancing public safety and privacy…
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Illegal Alien Charged With Murder In Fairfax County
Kerry Dougherty provides an update on that illegal alien, Marvin Fernando Ortiz, charged with shooting his roommate a day after his release from Fairfax County jail. (See “Social Breakdown Update: Fairfax Edition.”) That’s right. This illegal hairbag was in jail – and released – last week but the order to turn him over to ICE…
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Demographic Change and Virginia Republicans
by James C. Sherlock The author attended a Virginia Republican convention a decade or so ago. He found it strange. He had the same unfortunate experience with too many members of both parties in the General Assembly. Since then, he has avoided advising the Virginia Republican Party leadership. But here goes. Republicans will have…