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Loudoun Times-Mirror Praises Senator Herring's "Principled Vision" On Immigration

July 14, 2010

Excerpt via The Loudoun Times-Mirror Editorial: The 'race' to be the face of intolerance

 [...] Here in Virginia, steps have already been taken to do on a state level what can – and should – be done on illegal immigration. As Rust has noted, we were one of the first in the country to tighten up the rules for possessing a driver's license. Thanks to another local legislator, state Sen. Mark Herring (D-Leesburg), there is now a presumption of no bail for illegals charged with certain crimes, and a new law to check the legal status of a person accused of a crime at the time of offense through enhanced computer database cross-checking.

Both Herring and Rust oppose an Arizona-style law here in Virginia. We salute their principled vision, and their backbone. We urge their colleagues to follow their wisdom, and we agree with Gov. Bob McDonnell's statement on an April radio program: "I'm concerned about the whole idea of carrying papers and always having to prove your citizenship. That brings up some shades of other regimes." Indeed. [...]