Prince William officers given choice to check immigration status

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Police officers will have the choice to decide whether to check a suspected illegal immigrant’s residency status under revisions to Prince William County‘s illegal-immigration crackdown.

The lack of identification or faulty ID still will be used as a basis for checking the legal status of residents and suspects under the new rules, expected to start in late June. But officers will not be required to check residency status unless the suspect has been arrested for a local or state crime.

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