Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin on Thursday ordered the Virginia State Police and Department of Corrections “to support federal immigration enforcement efforts.”
Youngkin signed an executive order requiring the agencies to sign agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that “will create a State Police Task Force of federally deputized troopers to assist in the identification and apprehension of criminal illegal immigrants who pose a risk to public safety throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia,” the governor’s office said.
The executive order said it will serve “as a force multiplier for law enforcement agencies to enforce limited immigration authority with ICE oversight during their routine police duties.”
“In February 2024, an Old Dominion University student was killed in a car crash by an illegal immigrant who previously had multiple run-ins with the law,…
