Posted on 12/27/2010 8:05:49 AM PST by RatherBiased.com
Nearing the end of a year in which the issue of illegal immigration repeatedly roiled Virginia, state lawmakers introduced numerous bills for the 2011 General Assembly that would toughen the state's treatment of undocumented residents.
Del. Christopher Peace, R-Henrico, recently filed a bill that would bar illegal immigrants from attending Virginia's public colleges and universities. And Del. Dave Albo, R-Fairfax, introduced legislation requiring local social service agencies to verify the legal status of those applying for public assistance and giving the governor the power to withholding funding for agencies that don't comply.
The bill is one of several immigration measures filed by Albo, who advocated tougher restrictions on public services to illegal immigrants in the past. Another proposal mirrors a controversial law in Arizona requiring police to check the legal status of anyone "taken into custody."
The issue of illegal immigration reared its head repeatedly in the Old Dominion this year, in part because the state's new attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, has focused much of his attention on it.
Cuccinelli, a Republican, filed a legal brief in support of Arizona, which is being sued by the Justice Department over one of the toughest state immigration laws ever passed, a law that in its original form required residents to carry proof of citizenship. Though parts of Arizona's law, including that identification requirement, were put on hold by the courts, other provisions are being adopted by Virginia and other states.
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Coming to a Texas near you.
They should add that no assistance be provided to the illegal parents on behalf of their anchor babies.
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About time. Perhaps other states will follow their example!!
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