The State of NoVa: Immigration


Posted at 05:00 AM ET, 12/18/2012

Iranian national Daryoush Sarreshteh, 73, dies two days after intense questioning at Dulles
By Tom Jackman
Daryoush Sarreshteh, former mayor of Tabriz, had his ‘green card’

By Tom Jackman  |  05:00 AM ET, 12/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Dulles International Airport, Falls Church, Immigration | Tags:  Daryoush Sarreshteh, Sakineh Sarreshteh, Customs and Border Patrol, Dulles International Airport, Sepideh Sarreshteh, Demetrios Pikrillidas

Posted at 12:15 PM ET, 01/17/2012

Fairfax rape case leads to national database upgrade
By Tom Jackman
The fingerprints of a man who had been previously deported weren’t in the database. Now old prints will be digitized.

By Tom Jackman  |  12:15 PM ET, 01/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Immigration, Fairfax County, Loudoun County | Tags:  Secure Communities, Frank Wolf, Virginia

Posted at 12:49 PM ET, 11/07/2011

Springfield company enlists in ICE program
By Tom Jackman
Thesis Painting of Springfield recently became the third company in Virginia to join a program that enables it to check the immigration status of its mostly immigrant work force.

By Tom Jackman  |  12:49 PM ET, 11/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Immigration, Springfield | Tags:  ICE IMAGE program, Virginia

Posted at 01:11 PM ET, 06/09/2011

Merrifield man provided karaoke companionship
By Tom Jackman
What’s so wrong with providing lonely Korean men with someone to cheer them on while they sing some horrible version of an Elvis Presley song? Well, you need to be in the country legally, immigration authorities say.

By Tom Jackman  |  01:11 PM ET, 06/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Annandale, Nightlife, Crime, Immigration | Tags:  Taesan Won, noraebangs, Virginia