Lopez Bill: Prenatal Care for Recent Legal Immigrants

Newly-elected delegate Alfonso Lopez (D) has introduced a bill that would provide prenatal care for recent legal immigrants. Low-income women in their first five years of lawful residence in the...

Meet Your Crystal City Concession Stand Vendor

In a tree-lined corner of Crystal City, Adel Ishak operates a small seasonal food stand, offering sandwiches, salads and smoothies to the masses of local office workers, apartment dwellers and Mt....

Immigration Demonstrators Walk Out, Make Headlines

From the Associated Press to the New York Times to Iran's Press TV, Wednesday night's public forum on the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, held at George Mason University's...

DHS to Hold Meeting on Secure Communities in Arlington

The Department of Homeland Security will be holding a public meeting in Arlington on the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program. The meeting will take place between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m....

Morning Notes

Lost Dog Cafe Expanding -- The Lost Dog Cafe location on Columbia Pike is expanding. The restaurant is taking over the space once occupied by an adjacent cell phone store. Changes to 'Secure...

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Beloved Bishop O'Connell Football Coach Dies -- Steve Trimble, Bishop O'Connell High School's varsity football coach since 2002, died suddenly at his office yesterday morning. Trimble played high...

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Storm Damage Caused by 'Macroburst' -- The National Weather Service says the extensive damaged caused by Sunday night's storm was caused by a "macroburst" -- a larger version of a microburst. The...

Ballston Crash Victim Was Immigration Court Interpreter

The woman who died in a crash inside a Ballston parking garage Thursday morning worked as an interpreter for the Justice Department's Arlington Immigration Court. In a letter to colleagues,...

Undocumented Students Receive ‘Dream’ Scholarships

In front of friends, families and admirers, four Arlington students received a chance to dream Thursday night. In a ceremony at the Arlington Public Schools Education Center on N. Quincy Street,...

Pro-Immigrant Demonstrators March Through Clarendon

(Correction at 11:50 a.m. -- A quote from Capt. Wasem has been removed. The quote was from his prepared remarks, but was not actually said during the rally.) More than 100 demonstrators marched...

Immigration Advocates to March Through Clarendon Tonight

Pro-immigration groups will be marching through the streets of Arlington tonight to protest the deportation of illegal immigrants. Protesters will march from George Mason University Founder's...

Tejada: No Chance of In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants

Arlington County Board Member Walter Tejada would like to see the children of illegal immigrants in Virginia offered in-state tuition at public universities -- but he's not kidding himself. On...

New Crew at the Ballston Chipotle?

One thing's clear: Chipotle has been doing a lot of hiring lately. This month alone, the restaurant chain has held 'open house' hiring events in Ballston, Rosslyn, Falls Church, Seven Corners,...

Morning Notes

Tejada, Moran Get 'Snippy' Over Immigration -- At a work session Monday afternoon, County Board member Walter Tejada and Rep. Jim Moran got in a verbal 'tussle' when Tejada suggested that...

ICE Makes 11 Arrests in Arlington As Part of N. Va. Sweep

A three-day sweep of Northern Virgina by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents resulted in 163 arrests, including 11 in Arlington County. Of those arrested, 130 were described as aliens...