{"id":2607754,"date":"2026-05-28T08:34:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-1-in-5-fairfax-residents-is-illegal-we-need-mass-deportations-in-virginia-immediately\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T08:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:39:51","slug":"if-1-in-5-fairfax-residents-is-illegal-we-need-mass-deportations-in-virginia-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-1-in-5-fairfax-residents-is-illegal-we-need-mass-deportations-in-virginia-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need Mass Deportations In Virginia Immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fif-1-in-5-fairfax-residents-is-illegal-we-need-mass-deportations-in-virginia-immediately%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2607754&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>After Abigail Spanberger became Virginia\u2019s governor, the piece argues she has tried to promote \u201csanctuary\u201d policies by partially blocking federal immigration enforcement on state property and around schools, hospitals, and polling places. It claims her May 20 Executive Order 16 restricts ICE activity and builds on earlier actions, including ending Virginia agencies\u2019 ICE law-enforcement agreements and signing a separate law limiting mask-wearing by law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The author also argues Spanberger\u2019s order relies on emotionally persuasive-and allegedly misleading-warnings about fears among children,neighbors,and workers,comparing this to comments from Cato Institute fellow David Bier. The article criticizes Bier\u2019s asserted figure (that roughly one in five Fairfax residents is tied to someone who could be deported) as evidence that the true scale of illegal immigration is uncertain, while asserting it should strengthen support for enforcement rather than weaken it.<\/p>\n<p>It further claims sanctuary approaches blur distinctions between U.S. citizens and noncitizens and suggests even some people with temporary legal statuses could still be removed if policy changes occur. The piece then argues that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >large illegal-immigrant populations harm wages<\/a>, housing, consumer prices, and strain public services, including through reliance on welfare programs, and portrays Fairfax County as a especially harmful example that has released or sought to release criminal noncitizens accused of serious crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Concluding, the author calls for stronger federal pressure-such as funding cuts, withholding penalties, legal action by the DOJ, and potentially surging enforcement-to counter Virginia\u2019s sanctuary stance. It also argues that restricting legal immigration and pursuing federal voting-access reforms would help shift political power in blue states, culminating in support for mass deportations as the way to \u201cimprove\u201d local communities like Fairfax.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Since Abigail Spanberger became the 75th governor of the Old Dominion, she has sought to make Virginia the new face of the movement for \u201csanctuary states.\u201d\u00a0While allegedly agreeing to \u201ccomply with federal law\u201d and \u201ccooperate with lawful federal immigration enforcement,\u201d Gov. Spanberger\u2019s recent May 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/media\/governorvirginiagov\/governor-of-virginia\/pdf\/eo\/eo-16-a-safer-virginia-for-all.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive Order 16<\/a> is yet one more attempt to obstruct federal immigration enforcement.  <\/p>\n<p>The order aims to restrict the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at state property, hospitals, schools, and polling locations.\u00a0This follows upon Spanberger\u2019s very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/media\/governorvirginiagov\/governor-of-virginia\/pdf\/ed\/ED-1-Directing-the-Commonwealth%E2%80%99s-Law-Enforcement-Agencies-to-Terminate-Any-and-All-Section-287(g)-Agreements.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first executive directive<\/a>, which rescinded all Virginia state agencies\u2019 law enforcement agreements with ICE instituted previously under Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. She also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/bill-details\/20261\/HB1482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed a bill<\/a> passed by the General Assembly to restrict law enforcement officers from wearing masks.\u00a0In every way, Spanberger is seeking to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamuelMKimzey\/status\/2055283623650001260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">obstruct<\/a> federal immigration enforcement, which only highlights the greater need for federal pressure on Virginia to achieve mass deportations of illegal aliens and basic protection for American citizens. <\/p>\n<p>In her Executive Order 16, Spanberger claimed, \u201cKids in elementary school are afraid to get on the bus, neighbors fear being targeted based on their appearance at the grocery store, and workers are not showing up at their jobs.\u201d\u00a0This misleading emotional appeal echoes astounding remarks made on May 14 by the Cato Institute\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/David_J_Bier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Bier<\/a>. Bier exhorted the Trump administration to \u201cgive up on the mass deportation fantasy\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theblaze\/status\/2054965155973169317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> that \u201cabout one in five Fairfax residents is someone who could be deported or who lives with them. It would destroy neighborhoods, rip Americans away from their spouses, parents, friends, families, customers, employees, employers, nurses, nannies, and teachers.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>If true, this shocking statistic highlights the issue that we do not even accurately know the true number of illegal aliens residing in the United States, though the number is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/The_JBS\/status\/2027109750140522850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surely higher<\/a> than any official estimates issued by politicians and think tanks over the past few decades. <\/p>\n<p>While warning about the devastating personal and economic consequences of mass deportations, antagonists like Spanberger and Bier make no attempt to distinguish between American citizens and noncitizen illegal aliens.\u00a0What \u201cAmericans\u201d are they talking about who will be jeopardized by immigration enforcement? Even for those aliens previously granted Temporary Protected Status or immigration parole, the federal government can revoke that \u2014 as the Trump administration has sought to do \u2014 which means they can also be removed from the country.\u00a0The emotional appeal against immigration enforcement relies on the belief that once someone steps foot on American soil, he has an indelible right to remain here, regardless of his citizenship, history, or ancestry. <\/p>\n<p>According to Bier, we cannot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-blue-state-claw-back\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Blue State Claw Back\">enforce federal immigration law<\/a> and achieve mass deportations simply because we have too many lawbreakers already here.\u00a0If anything, such claims should have the opposite effect of that intended: to demonstrate the radical need for law enforcement, rather than discourage any attempts to deport illegals.  <\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s true that one in five Fairfax residents is an illegal or is closely connected with an illegal alien, then what does that mean for the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenM\/status\/1952489354179596785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">census<\/a> and for the distribution of seats for the local, state, and federal government?\u00a0If Fairfax County has such an outsized portion of illegal residents and workers, it suggests its political representation is unlawfully inflated \u2014 a reality Democrats are certainly aware of and willing to exploit.<\/p>\n<p>Realistically, a massive population of illegal aliens is economically <em>bad <\/em>for America when we actually consider the interests of American citizens and taxpayers. An increased population of illegal aliens means more competition for jobs, especially low-skilled jobs, which drives wages down. It means more competition for housing, driving up rental and home prices. It means more competition for goods and services, driving up general prices for consumers. It means more strain on public services like schools, hospitals, and law enforcement. <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most importantly, more than half of legal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-buy-the-medias-spin-about-illegal-border-crossings-being-down\/\" title=\"Avoid believing the media&#039;s claim of reduced ... border crossings\">illegal immigrant households<\/a> in the U.S. rely on one or more welfare programs, according to data compiled and released by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhitePapersPol\/status\/2032260000752513313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White Papers Policy Institute<\/a>.\u00a0Why should American taxpayers be forced to pay for such welfare programs?\u00a0Immigrants relying heavily on welfare ought to provide a serious incentive to end both legal and illegal immigration to the country. <\/p>\n<p>While the horrific consequences of so-called \u201csanctuary\u201d jurisdictions have been felt all across America, Fairfax County has certainly become a focal point, even prompting a <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/committee-activity\/hearings\/fairfax-county-virginia-dangerous-consequences-sanctuary-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent hearing before the House Judiciary Committee<\/a>. Given Spanberger\u2019s \u201csanctuary\u201d stance, as well as that of the local Fairfax County officials, the county has continued to release dangerous criminal aliens into the community rather than hand them over to federal agents, in addition to pursuing more lenient charges against alien criminals than they should.\u00a0Fairfax has released or tried to release illegal aliens accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2047455598338363456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">child predation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2051704676945363348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rape<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2033609800915771439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assault<\/a>, and other crimes, including those who allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2057092404990169173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">went on to commit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/12\/19\/dhs-calls-fairfax-county-politicians-honor-ice-detainer-criminal-illegal-alien\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">murder<\/a> in the county.  <\/p>\n<p>This is a taste of the consequences of \u201csanctuary\u201d jurisdictions, consequences which fall most heavily on the innocent.\u00a0We do not have to live this way. <\/p>\n<p>The federal government has repeatedly requested that Virginia\u2019s state and local authorities cooperate with ICE and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">federal law enforcement<\/a>, but this will likely prove an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamuelMKimzey\/status\/2014108769437786593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">impotent plea<\/a> unless the Trump administration can put <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TAmTrib\/status\/2020111802353541380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">federal pressure<\/a> on Virginia. This can be done by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/homan-warns-spanberger-blocking-access-virginia-jails-could-force-ice-street-operations-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surging federal agents<\/a> to the most problematic \u201csanctuary\u201d jurisdictions, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WHFraudTF\">prosecuting<\/a> fraudulent use of federal programs in the state, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/2052038354930192470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigating corrupt Democrat politicians<\/a>, withholding funding, or imposing other kinds of penalties.\u00a0The DOJ should also sue these jurisdictions in court for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indicted-judge-is-no-hero-and-certainly-no-harriet-tubman\/\" title=\"Indicted Judge Is No Hero, And Certainly No Harriet Tubman\">obstructing federal law enforcement<\/a> and nullifying the supremacy of federal law over the states. <\/p>\n<p>Virginia\u2019s future appears grim given the trifecta Democrats now possess; in recent decades, almost no state has recovered from full Democrat control, especially since that control usually entails measures like drastically changing the voting laws, appointing leftist judges, and redistricting to preserve their power. If there is to be hope for Virginia at this point, it would seem to lie with President Trump or future right-wing federal administrations.\u00a0Along with immigration enforcement, federal pressure could include cutting off Democrat patronage in northern Virginia through <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2021589870309704019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">firing federal workers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DOGE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cutting federal grants and contracts<\/a>, continuing the good work the administration has already begun. <\/p>\n<p>Federal rule changes to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/derzum_\/status\/2043861161133666755\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">restrict legal immigration<\/a>, as the Trump administration has been pursuing, will also help, given how quickly Virginia was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhitePapersPol\/status\/2032621023900717308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transformed<\/a> demographically and politically by legal immigration.\u00a0And one of the best measures of all would be for the Republican-controlled Congress (particularly the Senate) to pass the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2031065406748701063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAVE America Act<\/a>, which would force Virginia and other blue states to have fair elections with only citizens voting and curtail voter fraud.  <\/p>\n<p>With such measures from the federal government, it\u2019s possible we could actually <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamuelMKimzey\/status\/2054285278546624626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retake<\/a> blue states and jurisdictions from the left.\u00a0As long as leftist power persists, it will be a major obstacle to every desired reform on immigration.\u00a0Contra Gov. Spanberger and other enthusiasts for lawlessness, a great way to <em>improve <\/em>American neighborhoods like Fairfax County would be to arrest, detain, and deport all the illegal aliens.\u00a0American citizens \u2014 and especially Virginians \u2014 should support President Trump and mass deportations.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Samuel Kimzey is a doctoral student at Hillsdale College and a 2025 Publius Fellow at the Claremont Institute. He holds a B.A. in History and Christian Studies from Bluefield College and an M.A. in Humanities from the University of Dallas, and previously taught at Valley Classical School in Blacksburg, Virginia. Find him on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamuelMKimzey\" target=\"_blank\">@SamuelMKimzey<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Abigail Spanberger became Virginia\u2019s 75th governor, she has tried to promote \u201csanctuary states,\u201d and her May 20 Executive Order 16 obstructs federal immigration enforcement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3922,"featured_media":2607755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-2026-05-26T170811.907.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6184,3813,4326],"class_list":["post-2607754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-deportation","tag-immigration","tag-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-2026-05-26T170811.907.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607758,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607754\/revisions\/2607758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2607755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}