Ignore the ACLU

The Virginia ACLU says police officers should ignore Attorney General Cuccinelli’s opinion on immigration status inquiries.

In a letter sent yesterday to Virginia Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police, the Virginia ACLU advised law enforcement to “disregard” the attorney general’s opinion. They use fancy legal language to warn law enforcement that they are opening their jurisdictions up to a civil rights law suit if they ask anyone about their immigration status.

Reading the ACLU’s letter, you might be forgiven for thinking that the Attorney General had just created a new law out of thin air and mandated that police officers interrogate suspects regarding their immigration status. But, as Dana Schrad, executive director of the Virginia Association of the Chiefs of Police put it: “We have no mandate and we have no prohibition, so that does give us some leeway.”

So, really, what is it that the ACLU wants Virginia law enforcement to ignore? Well, they apparently want top level Virginia law enforcement to forestall any questions about legal status by officers and deputies. In essence, it is the ACLU, not Cuccinelli, that wants to pull new mandates on law enforcement out of thin air.

Cuccinelli says they are allowed to ask questions about immigration, just as they are allowed to ask me “where are you going in such a hurry” if they stop me for speeding. But I don’t have to answer the question and neither does a person questioned about their immigration status.

The ACLU says officers must not even ask – that would be a potential “equal-protection” violation.

What if law enforcement just ignores the ACLU?

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