INTERVIEW – VA STATE SENATOR DICK BLACK – sponsor of one of the sanctuary cities bill

• BIO: Black represents the newly formed 13th District encompassing parts of both Loudoun and Prince Williams Counties. Currently Virginia Senate, Virginia House of Delegates 1998-2006, Prosecuting Attorney and Colonel U.S. Army, Purple Heart Vietnam Veteran, Marine Corps
• Gov. McAuliffe vows to veto GOP sanctuary cities bills. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is vowing to veto Republican-sponsored legislation designed to crack down on sanctuary cities that don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities. McAuliffe’s spokesman, Brian Coy, told The Associated Press on Tuesday the Democratic governor would veto any bill that makes Virginia localities enforce federal immigration laws. Coy says the governor views the bills as “attempts to divide and demonize people.” The Senate passed a bill Monday allowing sanctuary cities to be sued over crimes committed by people in the country illegally. A House proposal would ban localities from adopting sanctuary-like policies.
• Bill Would Allow Victims To Sue Virginia Sanctuary Cities. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia communities that don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities could be sued over crimes committed by people living in the country illegally under a measure the state Senate approved Monday. The bill designed to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month to strip funding from such communities. Conservative states across the country have considered a variety of anti-sanctuary city bills since the president’s order, while liberal states have moved to add protections for immigrants in the country illegally. The bill from Republican Sen. Dick Black would make sanctuary cities liable for crimes committed within their locality. It advanced on a 21-19 vote. The measure will help prevent the increasingly common practice across the country of localities “flouting” federal immigration law, Black said during debate on the measure. He also said that victims of crimes committed by people in the country illegally often have little recourse and said the bill would fix that.