Oct 15, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 20 segments
Virginia used to be for lovers. Now it’s a sanctuary playground for criminal illegal aliens, and the Democrat politicians running the place are fine with that. The Commonwealth that once stood for the…
Bryce ReevesGuest
Rob ManessHostLucas Tomlinson
Nick MinockMichael Doty
In his letter to the Greene County Sheriff, the Virginia Attorney General said that he got a tip that the Greene County Sheriff was conducting traffic stops with ICE.
The Attorney General says this might violate state and federal law, setting up a legal showdown that could have implications for every local law enforcement agency in Virginia.
The Greene County Sheriff's Office joined ICE on the roads, where they stopped dozens of vehicles and arrested 49 people.
That caught the attention of Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, who fired off a letter to the sheriff.
Jones said he's investigating whether the sheriff and Greene County deputies deprived people of rights protected by state and federal law during the traffic stops.
Delegate Karen Hamilton represents Greene County in the Virginia General Assembly.
Our sheriff out in Greene County has been, uh, elected to keep Green- Greene County safe, and he's been doing that lawfully, and I feel, um, I'm suspicious at least that he's being politically targeted.
Um, he is a Trump supporter.
He is a supporter of the immigration policies within the Trump administration, and he's been happy to cooperate.
And, um, as far as I can tell, uh, he has been doing so lawfully.
And so I, I am concerned that this is motivated from political bias and very disturbed to see the weaponization of our government.
Jonathan Fahey, a former federal prosecutor who also served as acting director of ICE under the first Trump administration, told me Greene County could be a test case to answer the question of whether any Virginia sheriffs can partner with ICE.
This comes after new laws Governor Abigail Spanberger signed this year that limit cooperation.
At the end of the day, Fahey says the new state laws do not supersede federal laws around immigration enforcement.
All of these things are done with the intention of making it harder to enforce the federal immigration law.
And again, the whole purpose of it is you cannot have a state essentially, or a state or a locality essentially on their own deciding they wanna nullify a federal law that they don't agree with.
And whether or not they, they believe they're correct on the policy i- is an irrelevant question to whether or not they can do so.
I also reached out to the Virginia Attorney General's office for comment.
Jay Jones' office told me they cannot comment on existing investigations.
In his letter to the Greene County Sheriff, the Virginia Attorney General said that he got a tip that the Greene County Sheriff was conducting traffic stops with ICE.
The Attorney General says this might violate state and federal law, setting up a legal showdown that could have implications for every local law enforcement agency in Virginia.
The Greene County Sheriff's Office joined ICE on the roads, where they stopped dozens of vehicles and arrested 49 people.
That caught the attention of Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, who fired off a letter to the sheriff.
Jones said he's investigating whether the sheriff and Greene County deputies deprived people of rights protected by state and federal law during the traffic stops.
Delegate Karen Hamilton represents Greene County in the Virginia General Assembly.
Our sheriff out in Greene County has been, uh, elected to keep Green- Greene County safe, and he's been doing that lawfully, and I feel, um, I'm suspicious at least that he's being politically targeted.
Um, he is a Trump supporter.
He is a supporter of the immigration policies within the Trump administration, and he's been happy to cooperate.
And, um, as far as I can tell, uh, he has been doing so lawfully.
And so I, I am concerned that this is motivated from political bias and very disturbed to see the weaponization of our government.
Jonathan Fahey, a former federal prosecutor who also served as acting director of ICE under the first Trump administration, told me Greene County could be a test case to answer the question of whether any Virginia sheriffs can partner with ICE.
This comes after new laws Governor Abigail Spanberger signed this year that limit cooperation.
At the end of the day, Fahey says the new state laws do not supersede federal laws around immigration enforcement.
All of these things are done with the intention of making it harder to enforce the federal immigration law.
And again, the whole purpose of it is you cannot have a state essentially, or a state or a locality essentially on their own deciding they wanna nullify a federal law that they don't agree with.
And whether or not they, they believe they're correct on the policy i- is an irrelevant question to whether or not they can do so.
I also reached out to the Virginia Attorney General's office for comment.
Jay Jones' office told me they cannot comment on existing investigations.
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