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Jan 29, 2026
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What is the full text of Virginia House Bill 863 and how has it changed through committee amendments?

in the General Assembly is a proposal to eliminate mandatory minimum terms of confinement for certain offenses and thereby expand judicial discretion at sentencing . The official bill text is publishe...

Jan 16, 2026
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Can ICE use tear gas in residential areas during raids?

Federal immigration agents are legally permitted to use non‑lethal “riot control” weapons, including chemical irritants commonly called tear gas, under Department of Homeland Security and ICE use‑of‑f...

Jan 28, 2026
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How do sanctuary cities affect ICE's ability to detain undocumented immigrants with criminal records?

limit or condition local cooperation with federal —most often by refusing detainer requests, limiting information-sharing, or barring local arrests for civil immigration violations—which can reduce th...

Jan 24, 2026

How do sanctuary policies impact local crime rates and public safety based on empirical studies?

A growing body of empirical research finds that do not increase crime and in many studies are associated with equal or lower rates of violent and property crime compared with non‑sanctuary jurisdictio...

Jan 26, 2026

How have different news outlets and government statements differed in their racial or ethnic breakdowns of defendants in the Minnesota fraud investigations?

Coverage and official statements diverge on whether reporting should foreground the ethnic background of defendants: and some conservative outlets have emphasized explicit counts and Somali descent, w...

Jan 23, 2026

How have sanctuary policies affected cooperation between ICE and local law enforcement?

—local and state rules that limit voluntary cooperation with federal immigration authorities—have reduced routine, formalized channels of collaboration between many municipal police departments and , ...

Jan 17, 2026

How do individual states restrict or allow sharing DMV records with ICE?

States control whether and how ICE can query driver and vehicle records through legal rules, administrative choices and technical controls on interstate law‑enforcement networks; a handful of states h...

Jan 27, 2026

what are main arguments that benefit Ice

The main arguments that benefit ) center on and public-safety mandates, legal authority to enforce hundreds of statutes, and executive-branch backing to prioritize and rescale interior enforcement — c...

Jan 30, 2026

ICE is good

Saying simply “"> is good” is incomplete: ICE performs legally mandated functions — arrests, investigations, and removals tied to immigration and customs laws — and supporters argue those actions prot...

Jan 21, 2026

What role have tribal and rural public stations played in emergency communications and how were they affected by the federal cuts?

Tribal and rural public radio and television stations function as frontline emergency communicators in parts of the where broadband and mobile coverage are sparse, delivering weather warnings, missing...