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Legal expert unleashes on Spanberger's new executive order targeting ICE: 'Political theater'

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger is directing state employees to demand proof of legal authority from federal immigration agents operating on state property, prompting pushback from a legal expert.Specifically, in an executive order signed on Tuesday, Spanberger is asking state employees to get federal agents to produce a valid warrant on "property of the Commonwealth" and instructs them to "not permit" federal agents from using those areas as staging or processing locations.The order would include polling sites.Spanberger’s move continues Democratic efforts to test the boundaries between stat...