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Four Things Glenn Youngkin Should Do In Virginia On The Immigration Front

Pawel Styrna — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 18:39:32 +0000

Republican Glenn Youngkin won last Tuesday’s gubernatorial race in Virginia, defeating former Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe. The GOP has also retaken the Virginia House of Delegates, although the Democrats will continue to hold a slim edge in the state senate (which is not up for reelection until November 2023). The Youngkin victory, as well as [...]

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Virginia’s Governor Northam Signs Law Extending Financial Aid to Illegal Alien Students

Pawel Styrna — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 18:16:04 +0000

On June 14, the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, signed a recent law expanding state financial aid to illegal aliens. During the ceremony, which took place at Marymount University in Arlington, the governor justified his party’s policy by asserting that illegal aliens “are Virginians, in every sense of the word, except for the [...]

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Virginia Hops On The “In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens” Bandwagon

Tanner Bonovitch — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:54:05 +0000

Virginia’s in-state tuition law for illegal aliens went into effect on July 1st after being passed through the General Assembly along party lines and signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam (D). One of the many opponents of the bill, Delegate Jason Miyares (R-Virginia Beach), expressed concerns back in February that the bill will negatively [...]

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The Deadly Consequences of Tolerating Illegal Immigration

David Jaroslav — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:05:57 +0000

When the Prince William County, Virginia, jail board recently took the unfortunate step of ending their 13-year-old 287(g) agreement with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), one particular statistic stood out. Since 2017, 1,612 out of the 2,639 illegal aliens the county handed over for possible deportation had been convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI). [...]

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Virginia Gov. Signs Bill Allowing Illegal Aliens to Get Driver’s Licenses

Jason Pena — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:55:37 +0000

On July 20, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed House Bill 1211 and Senate Bill 34 into law. The legislation allows the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to give “driver privilege cards” to illegal aliens in the Commonwealth. Under House Bill 1211, unlawfully present migrants in Virginia can obtain a driver’s license without presenting a Social [...]

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Virtue signaling: The last refuge of Virginia’s Governor Northam

Pawel Styrna — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:54:09 +0000

Buoyed by his party’s recent state election victory, Virginia’s Democratic Governor Ralph Northam decided to thumb his nose at President Trump by volunteering to take in more refugees. The move echoes the actions of former Massachusetts governor (and recent Democratic presidential candidate) Deval Patrick. Governor Northam was responding to President Trump’s Executive Order 13888. Interestingly, [...]

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