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287(g) Program To Go Statewide?
By Greg L | 9 January 2007 | Illegal Aliens | 3 Comments
On today’s conference call with Attorney General Bob McDonnell I had the opportunity to ask for his opinion about the Section 287(g) Program and what his feelings were about entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Homeland Security in order to participate in the program. Bob definitely believes that the program is worthwhile and that Virginia should participate, and announced that next week there should be an announcement in this regard. This could be great news.
If Bob McDonnell and Tim Kaine can come to an agreement on a statewide participation in the Section 287(g) program it would dramatically improve the ability of the state to remove criminal illegal aliens from our midst. The details of the scope of participation, which officers would obtain training, and the degree to which localities might piggyback on the state’s agreement with the Department of Homeland Security will be critically imporant. After this conference call, I’m pretty sure Bob McDonnell is pushing for as comprehensive a program as possible.
Consensus really is starting to develop around this issue and as more legislators learn about the specifics of the program it defintely seems like it has been gaining tremendous support. It may be one of the few issues where Democrats and Republicans are effectively bridging their differences and coming up with solutions. That Bob McDonnell is one of those bridge builders makes a lot of sense, and I hope he gets a lot of credit for what probably is involving a lot of behind-the-scenes negotiation. I’ve been hearing rumors of this for several months, so it seems as if it’s taken a lot of work to get to this point where keeping the politics of the issue to a minimum has helped to create an approach that will work for both Democrats and Republicans.
And no, localities shouldn’t suspend their efforts to participate in the Section 287(g) program in anticipation of state action. In many cases these city and county agreements will be necessary in order to address specific local goals and issues regardless of what MOU the state establishes with DHS.
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According to today’s Washington Post, it looks to me like a McDonnell is more concerned with helping the Senators raise taxes than anything else.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/09/AR2007010901629.html?sub=AR
Unfortunately, any regional plan the Senate would agree to would require significant new taxes. Voters defeated new regional taxes for transportation in NVA and HR in 2002 and they don’t want them now. I hope McDonnell focuses on immigration not higher taxes for transportation. Remember McDonnell and the Senate were big supports of the 2002 sales tax referenda.
[…] His response to a question by BVBL on immigration enforcement was spot-on. In addition to what is being posted by BVBL, he called current enforcment of immigration and customs laws inadequate due to a lack of enforcement agents. He would like to enter into an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcment (ICE) to provide additional state resources and personnel for patrol. […]
I guess McDonnell needs to pander to the conservatives somehow after he ditched them on the 2nd amendment. The man will do anything for a vote.