Youngkin will write the sanctuary city ban, which makes state funding dependent on ICE's cooperation

INTERMEDIATE: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will introduce a budget proposal that bans “sanctuary cities” in his state, and ensures that tax money will not go to counties or independent cities that do not comply with ICE.

The proposal would require local police and law enforcement officials to complete Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer applications for illegal immigrants and notify the federal government within two days of releasing any such person matriculating through the justice system.

Additionally, any municipality that identifies as a sanctuary city or enacts similar policies will have federal funding often allocated to support their police departments held by Richmond.

The Department of Criminal Justice Services, currently led by appointee Youngkin and former Prince William County Sheriff Jackson Miller, will be advised to withhold so-called “599 Funding” in that regard.

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“Criminals who are in the United States illegally will be turned over to ICE,” Youngkin told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

“We must stop the cycle of violence and crime that is being empowered by some local governments. Virginia is not a sanctuary state, and we must make it clear that we will not allow areas to become 'sanctuary cities.'

The Republican governor, who is out for a term next year under Virginia's one-size-fits-all policy, said if local governments “go after illegal immigrant groups” they will see the end of taxpayer aid shut down.

The news comes amid a recent spate of violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants in Virginia, most recently the sexual assault of a runner on the popular Herndon railroad.

Just before Thanksgiving, Honduran Denis Humberto Navarette-Romero was charged with intent to defile and rape a woman on Old Dominion Trail. The Washington, DC area police chief said it was the first case of unknown rape in his 12 years on the job.

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Glenn Youngkin held a campaign event in Amherst, Virginia, Oct. 28, 2021. (Charles Creitz/Fox News)

Critics point to Fairfax County's sanctuary-type policies since Navarette-Romero was previously arrested for car theft and indecent exposure.

In 2018, Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid informed ICE that her office would no longer hold past release dates for inmates unless an administrative request to detain suspects was accompanied by a valid criminal detainer.

Kincaid told WJLA earlier this year his department needed such a letter, after ICE officials criticized a lack of cooperation with Virginia's largest state.

Only three of the 725 “undocumented” detained in Fairfax between July 2023 and July 2024 were turned over to ICE, the report said.

And in November, the Arlington County board voted 4-1 in favor of a policy that limits police to only reporting ICE to cases involving gang members and serious crimes, according to ArlNow.

The vote came as activists chanted “ICE Out Of Arlington!”

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Alexandria, an independent city, began a policy in 2007 saying it would not ask about citizenship “beyond what is required by state and federal law.”

In 2017, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney responded to President Trump's immigration policies by ordering the city's police department not to participate in ICE cooperation agreements and not to ask about citizenship status “in the interest of public safety.”

Virginia officials said the Department of Corrections has remained and continues to see ICE detainees during Youngkin's tenure.

Incoming Trump “Border Czar” Thomas Homan has repeatedly promised a “mass deportation” plan and warned sanctuary cities that he would use the power of the federal government to enforce the law.