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Watch this 10-minute video that describes mandatory detention and the grift of private detention centers.
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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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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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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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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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