Town of 23,000 Leads The Way On Illegal Immigration

This small town in Virginia is blazing the trail for what should be nationwide legislation and then action regarding illegal immigration.

This town told the entire leadership to take a hike, giving real weight to the phrase "throw the bums out". That is what every corner of America needs to do this November to the political enablers of illegal immigration, whether republican, democrat or both.

"America comes first or you won't last" should be the mantra and battle cry of voters this fall and the subsequent 2 years 'til '08.

Editorial: Herndon does a 180-degree turn - Examiner.com: "WASHINGTON - Since making national news last year for the controversy surrounding its taxpayer-subsidized day laborer center, the tiny town of Herndon has done an abrupt about-face. In May, angry voters ousted Mayor Michael O’Reilly, who supported the center, an elected Steve DeBenedittis, who did not. Only two incumbents on the Herndon Town Council survived their wrath; five candidates publicly committed to reversing the town’s illegal immigrant policy were swept in with DeBenedittis.

The day labor center was founded by Muslim activist Mukit Hossain, whose office is located right next door to the International Institute of Islamic Thought, a think tank that was raided by federal agents after Sept. 11 and is now the subject of a grand jury investigation in Alexandria’s federal court. Hossain also has close ties to the Safa Group, a Herndon-based conglomerate of more than 100 interrelated businesses, think tanks and charities suspected of funneling money to Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas and al-Qaida.

Just five months after their election, Herndon’s new leaders kept their promise." read more

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