Virginia Attorney General gives police okay to question immigration status

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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has issued a legal opinion stating that police officers across the state can question the immigration status of anyone they encounter during the course of an investigation “so long as they don't extend the duration of the stop by any significant degree.”

Cuccinelli gave the opinion at the request of state Del. Bob Marshall, who represents Prince William County.

In October 2009, the Prince William Board of Supervisors is met to discuss and implement a new directive from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The new orders were designed to weaken the very successful 287g program, which gives local law enforcement the power to enforce immigration laws.

InsideNova.com obtained the federal document ordering the changes. It reads:

"[Immigration and Customs Enforcement] has made changes to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOA), terminating the original agreement and requiring execution of a new and revised MOA.”

The new agreement also stated that "ICE must give approval for an immigration arrest where no state or local charges are made [and] ICE must give prior approval of planned operations where immigration enforcement is the sole function." Another revision "provides levels and types of criminal offenses that ICE directs to be a focus, rather [than] pursuing immigration enforcement based on specific charges.”

In other words, the Obama administration is trying to tie the hands of law enforcement in Virginia’s Prince William County, the same way they have done so in Arizona’s Maricopa County, telling Sheriff Joe Arpaio to back off.

The fact is, the 287g program has been extremely successful and instrumental in cleaning up Prince William County, which has been over-run with illegal aliens as well as the problems they bring…which is precisely why Obama wants to eliminate it.

Last month, Cuccinelli joined with eight other attorneys general from across the nation in drafting a letter of support for Arizona’s SB1070. Of course, Clinton-appointed U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton recently blocked the new law.

Just like the good people of Arizona, Virginians have had enough of the federal government’s refusal to enforce immigration laws.

 

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