Arlington County Decides to Opt Out of Immigration Enforcement Program

Here is another example, if you need one, of what a liberal county Arlington has become. This from the Washington Post:

The Arlington County Board has unanimously passed a resolution to opt out of the federal Secure Communities program, which uses the fingerprints of people in custody for other reasons to identify illegal immigrants.

Last spring, Virginia officials signed up for the Federal program which shares any arrested individuals' fingerprints with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, without asking Arlington law enforcement's opinion, said board member Walter Tejada, the resolution's sponsor.

"We are not defending criminals," Tejada said at Tuesday's board meeting. However, he continued, "People who have not committed serious crimes...are finding themselves in this web" leading to deportation.

I love the line, 'We are not defending criminals, however...' Isn't Tejada also the guy who claims that widening I-95 violates the civil rights act?