Virginia Democrats draw clear line on immigration

I’ve written a few times on Prince William County, Virginia and their stand against illegal immigrants – they decided that the county won’t pay from the county’s coffers for social programs for people who’ve broken our laws and their police will check the immigration of status of criminals. Well, nearby Fairfax County’s Democrats declare that they absolutely refuse to enforce the laws (Washington Post: The Dividing Line on Illegal Immigrants);

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (D) said yesterday that under no circumstances would he follow the lead of Prince William County and push for legislation to cut off services to illegal immigrants or authorize police to check the immigration status of suspects, measures he described as election season demagoguery.

“I can just tell you Fairfax County is not going to go the route of some of our neighbors,” Connolly, who is seeking a second term as chairman Nov. 6, said during a meeting with Washington Post reporters and editors. “We’re not going to demagogue. We’re not going to essentially roll back the welcome mat. . . . That’s not why I ran for office and that isn’t who we are, and we’re not going to do that.”

His opponent takes an opposite tack;

Connolly’s Republican challenger, Gary H. Baise, said at the joint meeting that if elected he would push to enroll Fairfax police in a program run by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that gives selected officers instant access to federal immigration data.

Fairfax Sheriff Stan G. Barry announced this month that his deputies will enter the federal immigration program to screen suspects already in custody. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted last week to allow police to check the immigration status of someone during a routine traffic stop if there is probable cause to believe that person is an illegal resident.

Well, Fairfax County has a clear choice for next month’s election; do they want someone to run their county that has a respect for the law, or do they want a county supervisor who arbitrarily flaunts laws for political gain? Choosing the latter will also cause an influx of illegal immigrants to cross over the county line from Prince William County to Fairfax so they avoid the legal implications of being a criminal – and to drain off Fairfax County’s social spending assets. 

Connelly uses his pretzel-shaped logic to explain why PW County’s plan won’t work in Fairfax;

Connolly cautioned that such an expansion would drive a dangerous wedge between police and immigrants — making them reluctant to cooperate with investigations — and heighten the danger of racial profiling by officers. He said Fairfax Police Chief David M. Rohrer would be reluctant to involve his officers.

“We need their cooperation for public safety and health,” Connolly said of immigrants.

Imagine that; criminals will be afraid to assist the police, and the police wouldn’t be able to avoid focusing on the criminal community. And apparently, the pliant Fairfaxers need the cooperation of proven lawbreakers for their public safety. I’d like to see a wire diagram of how that works.

Democrats are hoping that illegal immigrants will eventually get amnesty and their support of lawbreakers at this early point in time will attract the future voters to their party when amnesty happens. But who’s surprised that the party of sociopaths are recruting from the ranks of law breakers?

Category: Illegal Immigrants, Politics