It has come to our attention that Corey plans on submitting his “virginia rule of law resolution” to the Legislative package this afternoon.
In accordance with the report’s strong endorsement of Prince William County’s policy, I would like to add the following language to our legislative agenda.
Virginia Rule of Law
Prince William County has implemented an effective policy whereby local law enforcement is mandated to determine legal status during any physical custodial arrest, which strengthens local law enforcement’s standing authority to determine legal residency status during any lawful stop, detention, or arrest.
Given the County’s successful implementation of this policy, Prince William supports implementation of similar sound policies by all law enforcement agencies within the Commonwealth. The Prince William County policy provides for mandatory legal residency status checks for all suspects placed under physical custodial arrest.
The County’s policy also forbids racial profiling, and mandates protection of victims regardless of their immigration status. The County has established a formal agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under which criminal illegal immigrants are turned over to federal authorities when they are released from detention or upon completion of their sentence.
Prince William supports the implementation of similar policies and programs that will enhance public safety across the Commonwealth
Corey A. Stewart
Chairman
Prince William Board of County Supervisors
1 County Complex Court
Prince William, VA 22192
(703) 792-4640 – Telephone/(703) 792-4637 – Fax
[email protected]
www.co.prince-william.va.us
Anyone remember the movie “Groundhog Day” ? I do, this is like reliving the ambush of the original immigration resolution.
First of all, citizens have not had an opportunity to review the UVA report, which, by the way, Corey is basing the urgent need for his last minute addition of the Virginia Rule of Law Campaign.
Whether or not you agree with the Virginia Rule of Law Campaign is not the issue right now. Why is Corey so desperate for the camera and spotlight? Why is he willing to abrogate his responisiblty to provide open government and transparency in order to include this last minute change in the Legislative Agenda, denying an opportunity for citizens to comment?
Finally, Corey is postulating that because UVA has some favorable conclusions, the logical conclusion would be to implement the current PWC immigration policy statewide. That would be an interesting disucussion IF his Virginia Rule of Law blather were ANYTHING similar to what UVA reported. Simply put, the Virginia Rule of Law looks NOTHING like what PWC implemented in 2007.
