How many laws does Virginia already have on the books dealing with “illegal aliens”?
The answer is at least these thirty plus, some of which have been on the books for more than 40 years: 1950 — Mental health department required to determine the nationality of any person admitted to a state facility and to report to immigration anyone determined to be an alien, §37.2-827 of the Code of Virginia; 1950 (last amended in 1994) — Sheriffs and the department of corrections required to identify criminal aliens in Virginia jails and prisons and report them to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, §53.1-218 of the Code of Virginia; 1950 (last amended 1982) Clerks of court required to furnish court records to ICE regarding any alien committed to a correctional facility after conviction, 53.1-219 of the Code of Virginia; 1950 (as amended in 2006 and 2007) Crime to extort money from aliens by withholding immigration documents or threatening to report them to ICE, §18.2-59 of the Code of Virginia; 1977 — Crime for employers to knowingly hire illegal aliens (although there is so
