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WASHINGTON (AP)
Posted: 10:47 AM Apr 28, 2008
Last Updated: 10:47 AM Apr 28, 2008

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Prince William County's illegal immigration crackdown appears to be spurring some families to send their children to schools elsewhere in northern Virginia.

According to the Prince William school system, enrollment in English as a Second Language classes dropped by 759 students from September through March.

During that same period, 623 ESOL students from Prince William enrolled in Fairfax County schools, compared with 241 in the same period the previous year. Eighty-three enrolled in Arlington County, 75 enrolled in the city of Alexandria and 23 signed up in Loudoun County.

Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart says the county expects to save $6 million in education costs because of the transfers.

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Posted by: taxpayer Location: Harrisonburg on Apr 28, 2008 at 04:04 PM
Sounds like something that needs to be done here!! Dr Ford do the right thing for once, have a crack down instead of trying to change the law to acomadate them.

Posted by: Brittanicus Location: Indianapolis on Apr 28, 2008 at 03:47 PM
We need Prince William County and every state to enact strict predator employer sanctions A few states now are representing the American taxpayers, such as Arizona, Georgia, oklahoma and Rhode Island, instead of the special interest lobby. It's taken forty years of complete inattention or betrayal by Washington and timid Governors, Mayors and their lieutenants. Now they must face up to the fact that the majority of taxpayers are sick and tired, of being a welfare system for big business who hire cheap illegal labor. Find out the unsuppressed truth at these websites: GRASSFIRE, NUMBERSUSA, JUDICIAL WATCH, LIBERTY POST, IMMIGRATION NEWS INDEXER, UNIPAC and VDARE.

Posted by: Brittanicus Location: Indianapolis on Apr 28, 2008 at 11:56 AM
These mass exoduses from counties and states like Oklahoma and Georgia is working extremely well. They have imposed strict employment sanction laws on pariah big business. So illegal aliens and their families are leaving for other moderate states, where they can feed off the welfare trough. You wait! Taxpayers who live in states that have no employment sanction laws, I going to be on the receiving end of mass migrations. When their treasuries start feeling the pinch and revenues begin to deplete. Then they will start causing an uproar as timid politicians, Governors, Mayors try to place the burden on taxpayers. Citizens should go to sites where the unsuppressed truth can be found, such as AMERICAN PATROL, LIBERTY POST, UNIPAC, VDARE, FAIRUS and NUMBERSUSA.

Posted by: Henry Location: Staunton on Apr 28, 2008 at 11:16 AM
I guess the fools in the other counties are willing to pay taxes to support the illegal invader. With the savings from not having to school the invaders Prince William county can afford to round up the invaders and get rid of the problem.

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