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Washington Post
June 21, 2008
Immigration Program Scrutinized
The American Civil Liberties Union raised concerns yesterday about an agreement that the Loudoun County sheriff has made with federal authorities to check the immigration status of all people arrested in the county who are suspected of being in the United States illegally.
The ACLU's Virginia chapter said it filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the sheriff's office, asking for records pertaining to the program.
On Tuesday, Sheriff Stephen O. Simpson (I) announced that he had reached agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to participate in the program, which ultimately seeks to deport illegal immigrants convicted of serious felonies.
Simpson said his deputies will not check suspects based solely on their ethnicity.
The ICE program, also used in Prince William County, Manassas, Manassas Park and Herndon, will begin in Loudoun this summer, Simpson said.
-- Bill Brubaker
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