VA Jails to Check Immigration Status
"A year after Prince William County launched a
crackdown on illegal immigrants, Virginia has implemented a law that requires something similar for every jurisdiction in the state. Jail officials are now required to notify federal authorities of all foreign-born inmates regardless of their immigration status," the Washington Post reports. "'With our new law, these people who are here illegally should be afraid of living anywhere in Virginia right now,' said Del. David B. Albo (R-Fairfax), who helped write the law and chairs the state's crime commission. 'If you're here illegally, it's not any scarier to live in Prince William than in any other county.'"
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