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Arrested undocumented and deportable people make ICE's deportation job easier, because jail authorities in Virginia and beyond give access to immigration authorities about non-United States citizen detainees.

States should not deputize themselves as immigration law enforcers. Thanks to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for vowing to stand up against potential efforts by incoming president Trump to create a registry of Muslims and to step up deportation actions.

Now more than ever, criminal defense lawyers should be getting up to speed on relevant immigration law and in building teamwork with qualified immigration lawyers for relevant advice.