Virginia’s Prince William County Proves that Law Changes Can Halt Illegal Immigration

Claims that laws cannot hold the tidal wave of illegal immigration have been proven wrong by Virginia’s Prince William County’s 2007 and 2008 ordinances which resulted in thousands of aliens leaving.

The highly successful ordinances were used as a model for the more famous Arizona law and is currently being prepared as a proposed Virginia statewide law, reports said.

According to a Washington D.C. newspaper, as many as 5,000 illegals have left Prince William County since the ordinances took effect.

Quoting a Pew Hispanic Center report, the newspaper said that “unauthorized immigration flows are down sharply.

The number [of illegals] in Virginia fell by 65,000 to 240,000, a decline that Jeffrey Passel, author of the report, attributed to the economy as well as to stricter legislation passed in Prince William County in 2007 and 2008.”

In addition, officials confirmed that there had been a significant reduction in the number of illegal aliens entering the county.

The Prince William County ordinance states the following:

Incident to any lawful detention for a violation of state law or county ordinance, Prince William County Police Officers shall inquire into the citizenship or immigration status of the detained person if there is probable cause to believe such a person is in violation of federal immigration law and when such inquiry will not expand the duration of the detention.”

The powers granted to local law-enforcement officials are the equivalent to those contained in the Arizona anti-illegal immigration law, key parts of which were blocked by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton in July.

The good news is that Prince William County’s policy has already been tested in court and found to be legal, which would in theory mean that the Arizona law will ultimately be upheld.

The lesson to be learned from this is that legislative action can and does make a difference. The time to become involved in the political process is now and the American Third Position offers all European-Americans an opportunity to stand up for their people at last.

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