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Kenya Mitchell Chapman is charged with three counts of making false statements while buying a firearm and dealing a gun without a license.
Investigators say Chapman sold the gun to the old Dominion University shooter Mohamed Baylor Jallo for $100.
Jallo was convicted for being an ISIS supporter back in 2016, so he could not buy his own firearm.
Chapman was known to investigators because he was under investigation before for straw purchasing guns, which means buying a gun for another person three times before.
Chapman will remain in custody until his next hearing on March 17th.
Data reviewed by NPR shows that as of February 13th, Immigration and Customs Enforcement had reported more than 1,400 such agreements with police.
In 2019, there were just 45 such deals.
The Trump administration sees it as a major tool in its immigration agenda.
Critics of the program are warning that 287G powers heighten the risk of racial profiling and civil rights violations by local police who get little training in complex immigration law.
Under the 287G program, state or local police can get the power to question, investigate, or arrest people for civil immigration violations.
Data reviewed by NPR shows that as of February 13th, Immigration and Customs Enforcement had reported more than 1,400 such agreements with police.
In 2019, there were just 45 such deals.
The Trump administration sees it as a major tool in its immigration agenda.
Critics of the program are warning that 287G powers heighten the risk of racial profiling and civil rights violations by local police,
who get little training in complex immigration law.
Under the 287G program, state or local police can get the power to question, investigate, or arrest people for civil immigration violations.