{"id":25201,"date":"2021-11-08T13:39:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T18:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25201"},"modified":"2021-11-08T13:39:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T18:39:56","slug":"virginia-immigration-policy-plan-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/11\/08\/virginia-immigration-policy-plan-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Things Glenn Youngkin Should Do In Virginia On The Immigration Front"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Republican Glenn Youngkin won<\/a> last Tuesday\u2019s gubernatorial race in Virginia, defeating former Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe. The GOP has also retaken<\/a> 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). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Youngkin victory, as well as numerous Republican wins throughout the country (and by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy\u2019s extremely thin edge<\/a> in otherwise blue New Jersey, especially compared<\/a> to 2017) undoubtedly reflects voter frustration with President Joe Biden in particular, and the Democrats in general \u2013 on everything from immigration and the border crisis to Afghanistan, COVID-19, the economy, and divisive, anti-American curricula being pushed in public education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although immigration was not a major topic of debate during the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race \u2013 in many ways being eclipsed by issues such as parental rights in education or COVID-19 vaccine mandates \u2013 it nevertheless remains a key issue<\/a> for voters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are four things that Governor-elect Youngkin \u2013 once he is sworn in as governor in January \u2013 should do to arrest and reverse the Old Dominion\u2019s leftward lunge towards anti-immigration-enforcement, pro-mass-migration radicalism under Democrat rule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions.<\/strong> Although Virginia as a whole is, luckily, not a sanctuary state, some of its most left-leaning cities and counties do follow these lawless and reckless policies which prefer to release illegal alien criminals back onto the streets rather than cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Such jurisdictions include<\/a> Richmond, Charlottesville, Alexandria, and Fairfax<\/a> and Arlington Counties. The growth of the brutal MS-13 gang<\/a> \u2013 which consists largely of illegal alien Central American youths \u2013 in the suburban areas surrounding Washington, D.C., shows that sanctuary policies are not just an issue of immigration enforcement (or, rather, lack thereof) but also an important public safety problem. Given his commitment to law and order, Mr. Youngkin needs to push back against sanctuary lawlessness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeal in-state tuition and financial aid to illegal aliens.<\/strong> Upon taking the two houses of the Virginia legislature, the Democrats and outgoing governor Ralph Northam seized the opportunity to push through in-state tuition<\/a> and state financial aid eligibility<\/a> for illegal aliens. Jason Miyares \u2013 then a delegate, and now the incoming Attorney General (and first Latino to ever hold that position in the Commonwealth) \u2013 is on record for opposing<\/a> the pro-illegal-alien statute, stating that \u201cthe children of those paying the taxes that are subsidizing these colleges, they should be the first in line \u2026 I can\u2019t imagine a child being denied a chance to go to their dream school because of the legislation.\u201d Miyares was exactly right. Hopefully, the Youngkin administration will fight to repeal these bad laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cancel driver\u2019s licenses for illegal aliens.<\/strong> Giving driver\u2019s licenses<\/a> to unauthorized foreign nationals was another part of the Democratic pro-illegal-alien legislative offensive under Gov. Northam. The problem isn\u2019t just that this foolhardy policy goes directly against the spirit of federal immigration law by making it easier for people who have no right to be in the United States to continue residing and working here unlawfully. There are also serious public safety concerns. As one FAIR blog<\/a> indicated, \u201c[c]riminal aliens can garner a form of identification under a false identity to shield themselves from authorities and possibly commit further crimes. Additionally, such measures potentially open avenues for foreign nationals from terror-prone countries to use driver\u2019s licenses to enter airports or federal buildings and commit acts of terrorism.\u201d This is yet another case of anti-immigration-enforcement insanity that must be rolled back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give Virginia communities a say on refugee resettlement.<\/strong> Back in late November 2019, Ralph Northam volunteered<\/a> to have Virginia take in more refugees, thereby voicing his opposition to President Trump\u2019s executive order, which stated that the federal government would not resettle refugees in places in which either the state or local governments objected. The EO was a rejection of the Obama policy<\/a> of riding roughshod over the objections of governors and local governments to mass refugee resettlement during the 2015-2016 Syrian crisis. Given the Biden administration\u2019s plan to resettle tens of thousands of Afghan refugees and evacuees throughout the country \u2013 coupled with vetting issues and criminal behavior (see here<\/a> and here<\/a>) by some of the new arrivals \u2013 the new governor needs to be sober and prudent about the potential dangers and should stand up for the rights of Virginians to object to what is by all accounts a rushed and ham-handed process. At the end of the day, it is ordinary citizens \u2013 not virtue-signaling politicians \u2013 who pay the price of refugees\/evacuees gone rogue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virginia, like every\nother state, is paying the price for the reckless and unpopular immigration\npolicies of the Biden administration. That is why good leadership at the state\nlevel is so important. And Virginia\u2019s Glenn Youngkin will have an opportunity,\nstarting in January, to put his state on a sane path when it comes to\nimmigration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Republican Glenn Youngkin won last Tuesday\u2019s 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<\/p>\n

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