Virginia court freezes key part of Spanberger’s ICE cooperation rule

A federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked a central provision of Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s 287(g) immigration-cooperation law, pausing sheriffs’ deadline to modify or end local agreements with ICE after ruling the measure likely violates the Contracts Clause. The DOJ’s lawsuit against Virginia proceeds, and a similar battle is playing out in Maryland over its own ICE-cooperation ban.