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Editor, #################### There may be no better description of the Virginia state government’s ongoing agenda than the old adage, “What you are seeing depends on where you are standing.” For me it all comes down to trust, in this case trusting elected politicians. Decrying Republican politicians is a waste of words as their fecklessness when in the majority led us to this situation. Future scholars will wonder how it was that GOP politicians could walk upright, given that most Homo republicanus were creatures without a spine. On the other hand, Democrat politicians have clear agendas they pursue with relentless commitment....

In an apparent bow to media and political pressure, the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) have adopted a new policy that significantly ties the hands of the Keystone State’s 4,719 state troopers and 1,850 civilian employees when dealing with possible illegal aliens.Issued January 30, the new policy, officially known as AR-714 and titled “Arrest/Detention or Death of Foreign Nationals,” does the following: Limits asking about immigration status inquiries to only people who are already the subject of a traffic stop, detention or criminal arrest, i.e., no asking when there isn’t already “reasonable suspicion” of a violation of state or local law...

15 Serbs face questions about past Accused of lying on immigration forms, they are asked about the '90s war. By LANE DEGREGORY Published December 13, 2006 ST. PETERSBURG - The immigration officers came before 5 a.m. Monday, pounding on the doors of 15 St. Petersburg homes. Slavko Krsmanovic, 17, woke to flashlights on his porch, eight agents pointing guns at his house. They wanted his dad. He told them his dad was driving his mom to work. So the agents waited until Strahinja Krsmanovic came home. "As soon as he got out of the car, they handcuffed him behind his...