Many say Prince William’s new crackdown on illegal immigrants has created an environment so unfriendly that Hispanic people are leaving the county of more than 350,000

The groups are demanding that Prince William County, in Northern Virginia, rescind its anti-illegal immigration measure.

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

Principi is the first member of the board of supervisors to challenge the enforcement element of the county’s recent crackdown on illegal immigration

He was sentenced to one year probabtion and order to pay $122,000, the documents state.

Officials at the Prince William County jail say new local policies that require residency checks of inmates suspected of being in the country illegally have pushed crowding at the jail to an all-time high.

Federal immigration officials want to give local law enforcement agencies more tools to identify illegal immigrant inmates incarcerated in local jails and prisons.