Virginia Backs Off Local Enforcement Plan
"The Virginia State Police have backed off a
plan that would have allowed some officers to make immigration arrests, a prospect that had been fiercely opposed by immigrant rights advocates. The state police chief, Col. Steve Flaherty, said last week that his department has decided against proceeding with an agreement with federal authorities that would have made Virginia the third state in the nation to adopt such a practice," the Washington Post writes.
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