Virginia Lawmaker 'Likely' to Sue DHS Over Illegal Immigrant Data After Killing

By Judson Berger
Published February 17, 2011
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Corey Stewart, a county lawmaker in Virginia, is threatening to sue the Department of Homeland Security if it doesn't provide info on illegal immigrants released from custody.
A suburban Virginia councilman is threatening to sue the Department of Homeland Security to obtain status reports on illegal immigrants delivered by his county into federal custody after an illegal immigrant in his community was charged in a triple homicide last week.

Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, said he wants Congress to intervene on his county's behalf to subpoena information on 3,000 illegal immigrants handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement since the county started enforcing immigration law in 2008 under a joint local-federal program.

If federal officials don’t respond, “it’s likelyâ€