A “Day One” Lesson from Virginia

Within hours of taking office, Virginia’s new Governor, Abigail Spanberger, rescinded her predecessor’s order directing state enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

“In Virginia, our hard-working, law-abiding immigrant neighbors will know that when we say that we will focus on the security and safety of all of our neighbors, we mean them too,” Gov. Spanberger said.

Former Gov. Youngkin, on the other hand, credited cooperation between agencies with making Virginia safer.

“We arrested the number three guy in MS-13; we have attacked the gang infrastructure and made arrests that have made it much harder for gangs to operate and distribute drugs in Virginia, and those collaborations are critical, and to not collaborate with the federal government, I believe, would be a mistake. And what we’ve seen is states that have not been collaborating with the federal government have much higher crime than states that are collaborating with the federal government.”

What her predecessor Gov. Youngkin built through executive action, Gov. Spanberger tore down with the stroke of a pen.

That’s the danger of relying on executive authority alone to enforce immigration law.

Paging Washington, D.C.

Administration actions alone ended the border crisis. The stroke of a future president’s pen could throw the gates open again.

Another week has gone by without Congress taking any action to prevent that from happening.

The clock is ticking . . .

Human Trafficking Prevention Month

An estimated 500,000 unaccompanied minors entered the United States during the border crisis. Many of those children ended up in abusive, exploitative, or dangerous labor situations. Tragically, some even died.

January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month. What better time to urge Congress to ensure that never happens again.