Interesting point by BVBL (and questions for the readers at the end)

Black Velvet Bruce Li brings our attention to another victim of our porous border, and then makes a very interesting point:

As of July 1st, a new law requires that all jails in Virginia start checking the immigration status of all persons they detain.  How many localities are actually complying with this law isn’t known, but no locality in Virginia seems to be talking about how they intend to comply with this law, much less announcing that they are.

That got me wondering: Is the Rappahannock Regional Jail doing this?  Do we know if this applies to whatever holding cells local counties have?  If so, are local sheriff’s offices actually doing this?

If you have any answers, dear readers, please put them in the comments.  Thanks.

Cross-posted to Rappahannock Red

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2 Responses to “Interesting point by BVBL (and questions for the readers at the end)”

  1. Interesting point by BVBL (and questions for the readers at the end) « Rappahannock Red Says:
    July 23, 2008 at 9:08 am | Reply

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  2. Timothy Watson Says:
    July 24, 2008 at 7:19 am | Reply

    According to the Stafford County Task Force on Illegal Immigration:

    Notwithstanding these prohibitions, the leadership of the Rappahannock Regional Jail has enacted an ad hoc solution III coordination with ICE whereby correctional officers are able to determine immigration status of detainees using access to ICE databases, Without expending the significant resource requirements associated with a full Section 287(g) INA program implementation Since inception In March 2007, this informal arrangement has Identified 290 Illegal immigrants to ICE for possible deportation actions All but two (2) of these individuals have been transferred to ICE custody Although this informal arrangement has not identified every potential Illegal immigrant detained m the facility, the number It has Identified to ICE for possible deportation proceedings represents a cost effective way to Implement INA Section 287(g) without commitment of significant additional resources As there are considerable resources implications associated with more stringent law enforcement of illegal immigration under the 287(g) INA program, we have mc1uded them III Section III of this report

    http://co.stafford.va.us/bos/may608/10.pdf

    (Any typos/spelling errors are a cause of Adobe Acrobat’s crappy OCR)

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