New Policy On Illegal Immigrants Questioned – ACLU Seeks Files From Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office From: washingtonpost.com
Tagged: VirginiaPosted on: June 23rd, 2008
The American Civil Liberties Union expressed concern Friday about plans by the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office to check the immigration status of anyone arrested in the county who is suspected of being in the United States illegally.
“We believe these kinds of policies are ill-advised in all circumstances, placing the federal responsibility to implement immigration laws in local hands and leading to hostile relations between local governments and their Latino communities,” Kent Willis, executive director of the ACLU’s Virginia chapter, said in a statement. “*
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