The Washington Times
The chairman of a panel that will monitor a new Virginia law barring illegal aliens from receiving public benefits said yesterday he opposes the law but will not fight it.
"As of when the governor signed it, whatever views we had were moot," said J. Walter Tejada, chairman of the Virginia Latino Advisory Commission. "It is the law, and we all comply with the law."
Mr. Tejada, a Democrat and an Arlington County Board member, said he wants the panel to study the cost of implementing the law, which requires state and local governments to verify the legal presence of residents seeking nonemergency public benefits. The law takes effect Jan. 1.
Posted by Suzanne at April 1, 2005