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    Virginia – How to make a law

    May 7, 2026

    These resources were supplied by Sheila Herily Hennessee from the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy.

    • How a bill becomes a law (flow chart): https://studylib.net/doc/18272030/how-a-bill-becomes-a-law-in-virginia
    • Virginia Public Access Project resources: (this is one of my favorite nonpartisan sources for excellent infographics and data!)
      • How a bill becomes a law: https://www.vpap.org/civics/resource/how-bill-becomes-law-virginia/
      • Other educational resources on how state government works: https://www.vpap.org/civics/resources/
    • VICPP’s advocacy 101 from December: https://youtu.be/JOAnRIa5FaM?si=Ql2M9KrnGEyKpkd6
    • VICPP video from a few years back on how the legislative process works (the first 15 or 16 minutes): https://youtu.be/wqDoI4k2tMU?si=cngmdNTc46hy8mQm
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    11,000 arrests in VA (Jan, 2025 – March 2026)

    May 6, 2026

    Immigration arrests are high in Virginia. In addition to 287g agreements with local and regional jails, ICE has an intergovernmental service agreement (ISGA) in these four locations:

    Caroline Detention Center in Caroline County,

    Farmville Detention Center in Farmville,

    Riverside Regional Jail Authority in Prince George County, and

    Southwest Regional Jail in Abingdon

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    Suit over biometric data

    May 6, 2026

    Immigrants being held in detention are not given any option to provide biometric data but some cases require biometric data be submitted. This catch 22 is being heard in a recent court case. Read here.

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    Arlington targeted because of “sanctuary policies”

    May 6, 2026

    Read here

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    National Defense Areas

    May 5, 2026

    40% of the border has now been designated as part of a U.S. armed services base which allows the federal government to press additional charges against migrating trespassers. In this podcast, from The Border Chronicle, you will hear Melissa del Bosque interview Sonner Kehrt and Daivd Roza, from The War Horse, talk about these National Defense Areas.

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    Unaccompanied Minor Wellness Checks

    May 2, 2026

    This article, in the Guardian, describes the DHS wellness checks on unaccompanied minors that MVM. a firm in Ashburn Virginia, has been conducting in order for ICE to locate unaccompanied minors The MVM firm had been used at the border to transport children separated from their parents. They have been accused of torture as well as inhumane and degrading treatment.

    Sharadsroom substack reports this information about MVM :

    MVM Inc., headquartered at 44620 Guilford Drive in Ashburn, Virginia. CEO Kevin Marquez

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    Asylum Statistics

    May 1, 2026

    This article summarizes the current situation in immigration courts regarding asylum denial and acceptance rates – TRAC analysis using government data – which vary by judge. Also, in this article, a good map of the # of immigration judges by location. And shows 3.7 million backlogged cases in immigration courts.

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    Texas judges ask to be involved with Border Wall decisions

    April 29, 2026

    Interesting article here

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    DOJ exploits loophole to keep detainees locked up in detention despite habeas petitions

    April 28, 2026

    Read this article, at Slate.com, where a lawyer laments the lack of consistency across Immigration Judges’ decisions regarding habeas.

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    Houston City Council caves to allow more cooperation with ICE

    April 24, 2026

    Texas put its foot down when Houston limited to 30 minutes the time police needed to wait for ICE to arrive to pick up unauthorized travelers once they’d been reported. With a fear of losing budget money as well as money for the World Cup security, the Houston City Council reversed it’s original decision. Read here.

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