Corey Stewart lives in Fantasy Land. Apparently he simply cannot separate truth from fiction. He plays Lucy Goosey with the truth every place he gets his words in print. Take the Richmond Times Dispatch for example:
But fellow Republican Corey A. Stewart, chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, said he was gratified that the court upheld a key provision of the Arizona law that requires law enforcement officers to determine immigration status during a lawful traffic stop if there is a reasonable suspicion that the person is not legally in the country.
The court upheld the “show me your papers” requirement that police check suspects’ immigration status, but it said the provision could be subject to additional legal challenges.
Stewart said that portion of the Arizona law was modeled after immigration policy enacted in 2007 in Prince William.
“I am thrilled to see the high court uphold common-sense legislation that will help protect the citizens of Arizona just as it has done for us,” he said.
Stewart said that since Prince William implemented the policy, county law enforcement has turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement more than 4,700 illegal immigrants charged with crimes, and there has been a 47.8 percent drop in violent crime.
Does Corey not realize that we don’t have a “show me your papers” policy here in Prince William County? I find it rather horrifying that Corey is in that much denial. Our local law states that immigration status will be determined on all people who are arrested. It is done through out 287(g) program. This was a major change from an earlier resolution that arose out of budgetary restraints, supervisor and citizen concern. The quoted 47.8 percent drop in county violent crime is also a figment of Corey’s imagination. The Prince William County police statistics simply do not bear his allegations out. He either doesn’t know the law in his own county or he doesn’t care about misrepresenting the truth.
