VA - House passes bill targeting undocumented immigrants
POSTED 10:30 PM, JANUARY 27, 2017, BY CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE
RICHMOND, Va. — Local law enforcement officials would be required to hold undocumented immigrants in jail past their scheduled release dates under legislation approved this week by the House of Delegates.
Del. Bob Marshall, R-Prince William, proposed HB 1468, which would prohibit officials from releasing an incarcerated undocumented immigrant until the individual has been received by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement service.
The bill requires law enforcement officials to hold undocumented detainees “in excess of their scheduled release date,” which would mean keeping them in jail for an additional, undetermined period of time until they can be passed over to ICE.
http://wtvr.com/2017/01/27/house-pas...ed-immigrants/
