Concerned that with new Democratic leadership in Virginia that Virginia could become the target of a major ICE offensive, Falls Church’s and Arlington’s Commonwealth Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti joined eight fellow district attorneys and prosecutors across the nation Tuesday in an association called The Project to Fight Against Federal Overreach. The effort is designed to assist in prosecuting federal law enforcement officers who violate state laws.
The coalition of progressive district attorneys and prosecutors includes the elected attorneys, in addition to Dehghani-Tafti, from Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano in Fairfax County to Norfolk and Portsmouth in Virginia, Pima County, Arizona, Dallas and Austin, Texas, Philadelphia, Pa., and Hennepin County (Minneapolis), Minnesota.
The Fight Against Federal Overreach (FAFO) coalition gained national notoriety through a report in the New York Times yesterday headlined, “City Prosecutors Join Forces to Bring Charges Against Federal Agents,” and begins, “Nine progressive prosecutors will work together…” and it identifies Dehghani-Tafti as representing Falls Church and Arlington…