Thread: Lawyers advise immigrants before Pr. William crackdown

Lawyers advise immigrants before Pr. William crackdown
Dan Genz, The Examiner
2008-02-28 08:00:00.0

WASHINGTON -
Lawyers and civil rights advocates are preparing Prince William County’s large and alarmed immigrant population for one of the nation’s most closely watched illegal immigration enforcement policies, set to begin Monday.

About 300 people attended a lengthy legal briefing Tuesday night at a Woodbridge restaurant, said Lisa Johnson-Firth, a lawyer with the Immigration and Human Rights Law Group in Manassas, adding demand has never been higher.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,â€

I cannot believe that we have so many people working against the laws of the land.
Mind Boggling!

[b]Driving without a license or with a false license is the first thing to avoid, said Luis Paoli, an Alexandria lawyer with years of Immigration and Customs Enforcement experience.

“If you don’t have a driver’s license, don’t drive,â€

Funny, the immigration lawyers are now advising their clients on how to comply with the laws...that is. Now the heat is on ....if these lawyers and advocates really cared about their "clients" they'd be assisting them in getting their affairs in order and counseling them to go back home BEFORE they are forcibly deported. They should get all the proper travel documents from their local Consulates on hand, sell whatever assets they have and buy some tickets to go home.