Virginia Governor, AG Rejected Federal Funds Over ICE Enforcement

By Cam Edwards

Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon has an incredible story out of Virginia, and I’m glad he could join me as today’s guest on Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co. It turns out that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring quietly refused more than $500,000 in federal grants designed to pay for violence-reduction programs under the federal Project Safe Neighborhoods banner, because it would have meant local law enforcement agencies cooperating with ICE.

A series of Department of Justice memos show that two anti-gun-crime grants were transferred from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), which had previously administered the program, in Dec. 2018. The memos say the transfer was necessary after state officials refused to certify that Virginia would comply with federal requirements to share immigration information with federal law enforcement.

Instead, the money was diverted to a non-profit entity. According to the governor’s office that means everything’s working just fine.

“These federal dollars continue to flow to communities to help local law enforcement, prevention, and reentry,” spokeswoman Alena Yarmosky said in an email. “This ongoing program is one …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms