ATTORNEY GENERAL JONES SUPPORTS LITIGATION CHALLENGING UNLAWFUL IMMIGRATION ARRESTS

RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 23 -- The Virginia Attorney General issued the following news release:

Attorney General Jones Supports Litigation Challenging Unlawful Immigration ArrestsRICHMOND, Va.- Attorney General Jones, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief (https://www.oag.state.va.us/files/26-5045-Brief-of-Amici-States-Filed.pdf) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in support of litigation challenging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) policy and practice of conducting unlawful warrantless civil immigration arrests. Under federal law, immigration officers conducting warrantless civil immigration arrests must have probable cause to believe that an individual is unlawfully present in the...