The VLW Blog

Advocates clashed Monday over whether a new U.S. Supreme Court decision gives a victory to those who favor allowing police to ask for documentation from suspected illegal immigrants without probable cause. The chair of the Prince William County board of supervisors praised the high court’s opinion. “I think they completely reaffirmed what Prince William County [...]

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‘“The Battle over Immigration” is the topic of the Annual Emanuel Emroch Lecture at the University of Richmond law school next week. The lecture, presented as a panel discussion by the Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business, will cover the immigration debate and its impact on state and federal legislation and litigation. The event [...]

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A Loudoun County general district judge has refused to abide by the high court’s ruling against reopening cases of immigrants who face deportation from criminal convictions. The judge determined to reopen an old case to reconsider the guilty plea of an immigrant who now faces deportation, despite a recent Supreme Court ruling that would leave [...]

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Hi-Tech Trucking Inc, a Richmond-area business that delivered seafood to Asian restaurants and markets in the mid-Atlantic, agreed today to forfeit $1.2 million and pay a $100,000 fine for conspiring to harbor illegal aliens. Bao Ping Wang, 44, and Trang “Tammy” Lu, 45, operated the business and another company, SeaLands Food, which distributed the seafood. [...]

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has asked the Department of Homeland Security to designate state troopers as federal immigration officers. McDonnell made the request in a letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano under § 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Enforcement of immigration laws generally is a federal responsibility, but federal law allows state and [...]

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Our sister paper in Phoenix, the Arizona Capitol Times, has been following the controversy over that state’s new immigration law. A federal judge considering the government’s challenge to the Arizona law ruled this morning. ACT Editor Matt Bunk filed this breaking news report: Federal judge strikes down major parts of S1070 PHOENIX–A U.S. District judge [...]

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The Prince William County’s commonwealth’s attorney has withdrawn charges against a group of Hispanic men who were cited for loitering in front of their own apartment building. The ACLU, which represented the men, claimed victory . "This is the second time that this county, after making mass-arrests of apparent day laborers under its facially unconstitutional [...]

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