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Virginia Cops Can Check Immigration Status, Attorney General Rules

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08-02-2010, 04:52 PM
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0...n_667480.html#

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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, whose lawsuit against health care reform moved forward Monday, has ruled that his state's law enforcement officials can ask to check the immigration status of anyone they arrest or even stop.

Cuccinelli's legal opinion, written in response to a conservative state delegate's request, could expand on a 2008 Virginia law requiring police to check the legal status of anyone taken into custody on suspicion of having committed a crime.

The opinion also explicitly compares standing Virginia law to the pending Arizona immigration law, which some Virginia activists see as a roadmap for their own state policy.

"Virginia law enforcement officers have the authority to make the same inquiries as those contemplated by the new Arizona law," Cuccinelli wrote. "So long as the officers have the requisite level of suspicion to believe that a violation of the law has occurred, the officers may detain and briefly question a person they suspect has committed a federal crime."
AG Cuccinelli is one of those GOPers who hate immigrants, the LGBT community, wanna teach abstinence only. Furthermore, he was one of the very first "birthers" and is involved in a charity scandal. Give this man a nobel peace prize. NOT.
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08-02-2010, 05:27 PM
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Man Virginia is the worst!! First we get banned from in state tuition, then our senator opposes affirmative action and diversity programs (I guess he aint voting for the DREAM) and now this? Man I cant catch a break from these guys!
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can an officer ask about my legal status if i littered? ex: throw a cigarette butt out the window or on the floor while walking?
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can an officer ask about my legal status if i littered? ex: throw a cigarette butt out the window or on the floor while walking?
If you look illegal enough...
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08-04-2010, 06:09 PM
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Man Virginia is the worst!! First we get banned from in state tuition, then our senator opposes affirmative action and diversity programs (I guess he aint voting for the DREAM) and now this? Man I cant catch a break from these guys!
I agree, we really can't get a break around here.
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08-06-2010, 02:22 PM
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If you look illegal enough...
Time to start growing a mullet and wear trucker hats..
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