Virginia governor signed executive order ending required cooperation with ICE

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The text of the executive order or official Virginia state communications show the order was signed and changes state/local cooperation requirements with ICE.

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The DHS press release says USCIS screening of asylum and work-authorizations led to coordination with ICE and the arrest of Edwin Antonio Hernandez Hernandez, a 27-year-old from El Salvador who allegedly admitted MS-13 membership and confessed to five murders. The arrest occurred at a USCIS appointment in Alexandria about two and a half weeks before Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger’s executive order ended state cooperation with ICE. The release criticizes the Biden administration and the new governor’s policy change as making communities less safe.

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Governor Spanberger signed Executive Order 10 rescinding former Gov. Youngkins Executive Order 47, which had directed and encouraged state agencies to enter into 287(g) agreements and to assist ICE. EO-10 removes the governors directive but does not by itself prohibit or terminate existing cooperation agreements or stop local law enforcement (sheriffs, police chiefs) from working with ICE where they lawfully choose to do so; some reporting and sheriffs noted cooperation could continue. Verdict: Misleading — the executive order rescinded the prior mandate but did not "end local and state cooperation with ICE" as an absolute, statewide ban.

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Update · Feb 04, 2026, 02:42 AMMisleading
Governor Spanberger signed Executive Order 10 rescinding former Gov. Youngkins Executive Order 47, which had directed and encouraged state agencies to enter into 287(g) agreements and to assist ICE. EO-10 removes the governors directive but does not by itself prohibit or terminate existing cooperation agreements or stop local law enforcement (sheriffs, police chiefs) from working with ICE where they lawfully choose to do so; some reporting and sheriffs noted cooperation could continue. Verdict: Misleading — the executive order rescinded the prior mandate but did not "end local and state cooperation with ICE" as an absolute, statewide ban.
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