Federal immigration training and enforcement authority; supporting Governor's 287(g) request. (HR10)

Introduced By

Del. Jackson Miller (R-Manassas) with support from 66 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield), Del. Rich Anderson (R-Woodbridge), Del. Dickie Bell (R-Staunton), Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville), Del. Kathy Byron (R-Lynchburg), Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Barbara Comstock (R-McLean), Del. John A. Cox (R-Ashland), Del. Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights), Del. Anne Crockett-Stark (R-Wytheville), Del. Mark Dudenhefer (R-Stafford), Del. James Edmunds (R-South Boston), Del. Matt Fariss (R-Rustburg), Del. Peter Farrell (R-Henrico), Del. Scott Garrett (R-Lynchburg), Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock), Del. Tag Greason (R-Potomac Falls), Del. Greg Habeeb (R-Salem), Del. Gordon Helsel (R-Poquoson), Del. Keith Hodges (R-Urbanna), Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Tim Hugo (R-Centreville), Del. Sal Iaquinto (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Riley Ingram (R-Hopewell), Del. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Barry Knight (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave), Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-Oak Hill), Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), Del. Manoli Loupassi (R-Richmond), Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas), Del. Danny Marshall (R-Danville), Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond), Del. Joe May (R-Leesburg), Del. Don Merricks (R-Danville), Del. Randy Minchew (R-Leesburg), Del. Will Morefield (R-North Tazewell), Del. Rick Morris (R-Carrollton), Del. Israel O'Quinn (R-Bristol), Del. Bobby Orrock (R-Thornburg), Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond), Del. Chris Peace (R-Mechanicsville), Del. Brenda Pogge (R-Williamsburg), Del. Charles Poindexter (R-Glade Hill), Del. Bob Purkey (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Lacey Putney (I-Bedford), Del. David Ramadan (R-South Riding), Del. Margaret Ransone (R-Kinsale), Del. Roxann Robinson (R-Chesterfield), Del. Nick Rush (R-Christiansburg), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), Del. Ed Scott (R-Culpeper), Del. Beverly Sherwood (R-Winchester), Del. Chris Stolle (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Bob Tata (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan), Del. Mike Watson (R-Williamsburg), Del. Michael Webert (R-Marshall), Del. Tony Wilt (R-Harrisonburg), Del. Tommy Wright (R-Victoria), Del. David Yancey (R-Newport News), Del. Joseph Yost (R-Blacksburg), Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake), Sen. Chris Head (R-Roanoke)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

Supporting the Governor's 287(g) request.  Urges the President of the United States and the Secretary of Homeland Security to honor Virginia's request to enter into a 287(g) memorandum of agreement extending specific, limited federal immigration training and enforcement authority to the Virginia Department of State Police. Read the Bill »

Status

02/10/2012: Passed the House

History

DateAction
01/20/2012Committee
01/20/2012Presented and ordered printed 12104380D
01/20/2012Referred to Committee on Rules
02/07/2012Reported from Rules (12-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2012Taken up
02/10/2012Engrossed by House
02/10/2012Agreed to by House (73-Y 23-N)
02/10/2012VOTE: ADOPTION (73-Y 23-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2012Bill text as passed House (HR10ER)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 1 minute.

Comments

VACOLAO, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

VACOLAO opposed the Governor's request for a 287g agreement for the State Police, and it opposes this bill supporting the request. Enforcement of immigration laws by state and local police makes us all less safe by discouraging immigrants (lawfully present and undocumented) from reporting crimes and cooperating with authorities.

Emile Schepers writes:

This does nothing to solve the state's or the country's immigration issues, and will lead to even more racial profiling by police. This bill should be opposed.

Allesia Hamilton writes:

I am new to this website and not familiar with VACOLAO, but it seems to oppose every single bill I have read so far to get a handle on the rampant invasion of our country and lack of enforcement of our nation's immigration laws. A similar bill to this came up last year that would deputize certain police officers to act in the role of ICE (Federal enforcement) officers for this purpose only, and it sounds like a good idea. Communities that have used such measures have already seen positive results.

Emily Riehl writes:

These bills that deputize local law enforcement do nothing but spread fear among the immigrant community-- thereby preventing them from reporting crimes and calling emergency for help. We have also found a lack of consistency among those who have been trained and an influx of accusations of racial profiling.

This bill would leave our police open to such accusations and spread even more fear among our immigrant population. Folks who have minor traffic violations are being deported-- tearing families apart. We clearly need comprehensive immigration reform on the federal level-- let's not make our Virginia the next Arizona!