While I am tired of the one issue diatribes..I believe the concern is about illegal immigrants, not legal immigrants.
There are others concerned about importing workers, free trade or outsourcing..
We are not addressing the problem of illegal immigration really and haven't in decades..
It is a costly proposition and we can't build a fence around the border..How do you roundup and deport millions logistically?
Looking for answers.
Many local law enforcement agencies refuse to help the immigration authorities.
Excellent comments.
"Many local law enforcement agencies refuse to help the immigration authorities."
Not true in Virginia as a whole[1], not true in Prince William County, Virginia specifically.
But then..Virginia isn't a "liberal paradise" like most of those places where local law enforcement agencies refuse to help the immigration authorities.
[1]Local law enforcement authorities actually asked the state legislature to make a law specifically allowing them the ability to detain people who are suspected of comitting a crime and are not here legally, mainly as a reaction to the problems caused by MS-13 and other street gangs. The state legislature followed through with that law.
By the way, since I noticed that you live there, Texas is one of 4 states that gives in-state tuition to illegal aliens. The others are California (surprise, surprise), Utah, and New York (another big surprise).
Virginia has a bill pending to disallow illegal aliens from getting in-state tuition. We also don't give them driver's licenses.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20050201-110420-6423r.htm
I was mistaken...the bill isn't to prevent them from getting in-state tuition, it is to prevent them from even attending Virginia colleges.
Even better. Hopefully, they'll all move out to friendlier states if/when this bill passes.