PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY—
A Virginia police chief is calling on federal
government officials to stop giving employment authorization cards
to illegal immigrants with pending deportation proceedings after
the recent death of a nun.Prince William County police chief Charlie Deane mentioned the August death of a nun who was allegedly killed by a drunken driver who is not legally in the country in the letter to Homeland Security officials released Friday.
Police say 23-year-old Carlos Martinelly Montano, who is from Bolivia, was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a previous arrest, but he was released pending a deportation hearing.
Deane says Montano received an employment authorization card after his second DUI offense and that Montano used the card to obtain a Virginia driver's license.
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