[R. Scott]

"You get your hands on them, and you have no authority to do anything."
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A Virginia law enacted last year allows local law-enforcement officials to detain illegal aliens who are suspected of a crime

What am I missing here? I thought that being in this country illegally was a crime.

[djf]

The Constitution says one of the duties of the federal government is to protect each state from invasion.

IMHO Virginia has every right to put them on a plane and ship them to DC.