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Illegal Immigration

While we wait in vain for Congress to act on illegal immigration, we are forced to do what we can to address the issue on the state level. The primary responsibility for immigration rests with the federal government, but there are things we can do in Virginia to help address this problem.

First, we should require the governor to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) that will allow state and local law-enforcement agencies to enforce civil immigration laws. This would enable our state and local police to arrest and detain illegals when they encounter them, rather than releasing them.

We must stop providing illegals in Virginia the benefits of citizenship. We have already acted to take most of these benefits away, but we still allow the children of illegal immigrants living in Virginia to pay in-state tuition at our colleges and universities. My opponent approves of rewarding illegals with in-state tuition; I do not.

And finally, we can pass our own laws holding Virginia employers accountable for knowingly hiring illegal workers or knowingly failing to confirm their immigration status prior to hiring them.

Illegal immigration is a complex issue, I know that. But it is not as complex as the politicians in Washington want to make it appear. You and I support legal immigration. You and I oppose illegal immigration. And if Congress cannot understand that, we need some new leaders in Washington.