This is a perfect example of why state and local Democrats CONTINUE to come up short on illegal immigration. Their first reaction is to make a cheap political point here and there – blame the current Presidential Administration, and hope for the best.  Democrat’s like Virginia’s Governor Tim Kaine, and New York’s Governor Eliot Spitzer (he finally got the message, only after negatively impacting Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign), have completely and thoroughly abdicated their responsibility to lead on this issue. Thank goodness the nation has leaders at the state and local level, leaders like Virginia GOP Delegate Dave Albo, Tennessee’s House Republican Glen Casada, and Colorado’s Republican House Leader Mike May who understand that illegal immigration is an issue that must be dealt with – regardless of what your political leaders tell you.

“I expect the governor will reject it,” said Albo, who helped the GOP make illegal immigration a campaign issue this fall. “He has consistently said he does not want to give [that] authority to state police.”Kaine’s position has not changed, said Gordon Hickey, the governor’s press secretary. “His position has been clear: The commonwealth is doing all it can,” Hickey said Tuesday. “It is not the commonwealth’s job to pick up the slack for the federal government.”

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