Overview

• Spanberger said she would rescind Executive Order 47, which directs Virginia State Police and corrections officials to assist ICE through 287(g)-style partnerships and jail cooperation.
• She argued deputizing local officers for immigration work is a misuse of resources that harms community policing, raises constitutional concerns, and burdens local budgets, citing prior costs in Prince William County.
• Gov. Glenn Youngkin accused Spanberger of promising a 'sanctuary state,' while GOP nominee Winsome Earle-Sears linked the pledge to Spanberger’s vote against the Laken Riley Act.
• Recent polling shows a competitive race with Spanberger holding small leads, including a 5-point edge in a new co/efficient survey and a 7-point advantage in a Roanoke College poll.
• Reporting cites more than 4,000 ICE detentions or arrests in Virginia this year, with Youngkin’s task force tallying roughly 3,500 arrests, figures used by Republicans to press their public-safety case.