6:20 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Virginia · Comments Off
25 Nov 2008For over a year, we’ve been covering the various anti-immigrant measures in Virginia and the Latino community’s struggle against the hate.
The Washington Post is reporting that the state is attempting a different approach, with the aim of assimilating, not isolating, the undocumented…
Recommendations include shortening the Medicaid residency requirements for certain qualified immigrants, offering in-state tuition to immigrants who meet specific criteria and creating an immigration assistance office.
In the coming weeks, the Virginia Commission on Immigration will send Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) two dozen recommendations, most of which would help immigrants instead of penalizing them…
The commission proposed increasing the number of English classes and creating a plan to address the needs of foreign-born residents. It also urged the federal government to compile more complete immigration statistics, increase the number of visas for foreign workers and pass comprehensive immigration legislation.
1:01 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Virginia · 4 Comments
13 Jul 2007
The Board of Supervisors in Prince William County, outside Washington, D.C., says police will be able to ask about immigration status and county officials will be able to deny services to undocumented persons, ranging from non-emergency medical care to public parks, to libraries. They say they feel compelled to do something in the wake of Congress’s failure to overhaul immigration law. Opponents call the measure racist and say it opens the door to legalized racial profiling. And before anyone tells me that the law will only impact undocumented immigrants let me leave you with a quote from someone in Virginia.
“I don’t see a white [county] employee asking a person with blue eyes and white skin for proof of residence,” said Ricardo Juarez, a leader for Mexicanos Sin Fronteras in Prince William County.
Via / The Examiner
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