HUGE, Possibly Good News on Immigration Battle in Virginia

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oiwJ-_BipU Below is my latest 9500 Liberty video, followed by the comment I just posted on this morning's surprising Washington Post article saying one of the Supervisors is seeking to have the Immigration Resolution overturned. I'm sure deranged and inarticulate threats and insults will soon follow, but I'll be too busy editing a follow-up video featuring renowned economist Dr. Stephen Fuller, PhD.

Please watch the first of a series of YouTube videos featuring Dr. Stephen Fuller. With Dr. Fuller's impeccable credentials, I think this one will finally wake people up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oiwJ-_BipU

Below are the points I made this morning to the Board of Supervisors through email:

I feel very strongly that we cannot afford to pay for the expensive Probable Cause aspect of the Immigration Resolution, even if we wanted to. While it provides limited benefits, and are NO LIMITS to the legal fees our county will incur due to charges of racial profiling (especially without cameras in patrol cars), and the economic impact, while difficult to estimate in terms of dollars, Fuller said, is that we will be the handicapped county compared to our neighbors for years to come, mostly due to negative perception in the marketplace.

I support funding 287G. But my not-so-old parents and everyone else in Prince William County will be less safe if our Police Officers are burdened with the legal conundrum of Probable Cause. During a time when budget constraints bar us from attaining an officer-to-citizen ratio that compares favorably with other Virginia counties, I feel very uneasy about a policy that could potentially take an Officer off the streets each time he or she detains or questions someone not carrying an I.D.

I do sympathize with concerns about neighborhood issues. But the

Immigration Resolution has already proven to provide only temporary benefits to a small minority of residents who would prefer to have empty houses rather than neighbors who appear to be undocumented and/or indigent. I've now come to realize that even this will not be worth the cost. The vacancies and foreclosures this policy is causing will push these neighborhoods into further deterioration, devalue both residential and commercial property, reduce our tax base, and thus require more reductions in county services in coming years.