Editorial: Herndon, Virginia Does a 180-Degree Turn (KICKING OUT ILLEGAL ALIENS!!)

Washington Examiner ^ | 13 October 2006 | Washington Examiner

[Iscool]

outside interests, eh??? They must have forgotten...It's not the outside interests that pull the lever in the voting booth...

And any outside interest involvment would be referring to the general public of the United States...That's the outside interest...

[AppleButter]

Someone needs to ping the Gaithersburg (MD)City Council on this. They just approved a day laborer center last night. Casa de Maryland trucked in dozens of weepy mojados and there were so many liberal clergymen & clergywomen giving sermons I won't have to go to church for a week.

[djreece]

marking

[AppleButter]

Hispanic pro-illegal groups like Casa de Maryland made the ridiculous claim that the winners, political novices, with big majorities, were the tools of outside interests!!

No, the Herndon activists were definately not outsiders and deserve HUGE credit for what they accomplished. The only caveat I have is that turnout was light and I think the incumbents were complacent and did not take the Herndon Minutemen seriously. It won't be so easy to fly under the pro-illegal radar screen next time.

That's what happened in Gaithersburg last night. Our numbers and organization took them by surprise at the last City Council meeting, but now Casa de Maryland and other pro-illegal groups know we're out there and aren't to be taken lightly. So they bussed in dozens of day laborers with carefully rehearsed sob stories, brought translators, and grabbed all the seats at least an hour before the meeting started.

[johnny7]

Ol' Asa has a lot of WSJ Republican in'm...

[AmericanInTokyo]

How far is Herndon from Gathersburg? I assume just a short drive but not sure of the geographics. That town in Maryland better get ready, because all of the people being pushed out of Herndon are not going back to Mexico, they will look for other communities nearby. If there is any magnet effect there such as a day labor center, you can be SURE the clergy/laity will get the word out in Spanish and you could see the community overrun there.

[palmer]

How far is Herndon from Gathersburg?

At rush hour it's about as far as Tokyo. Not sure about Gaithersburg, but Herndon has somewhat run-down townhouses and some crummy apartments that are almost all hispanic. Those weren't too far from the old day labor center. I doubt there will be much of a crackdown there, but maybe a few less illegal drivers around.

[AmericanInTokyo]

The online version of the Washington Pesthad a recent interview with an illegal alien woman, scared out of her WITS in Herndon, of being found out and deported. So she said, 'maybe, we will move to 'Seven Corners' where it is safer'. Anyone know where this Seven Corners is, and if they have a day labor center?

This might be like walloping groundhogs coming out of multiple holes in the ground for awhile. I guess they will just uproot and pack the 'sanctuario' cities instead.

[VOA]

So, Hutchinson is a flip-flopper, based on which way the winds/polls blow.

He must have seen how that stategy was helping Claire McCaskill hold her own
with Jim Talent in the Senate race in MO.

Incredibly, McCaskill is now a defender of the Second Amendment and
tougher on illegal immigrants than Talent.

One of the better Clinton-inspired campaigns run to date.

[palmer]

Seven Corners is in Arlington, VA. I see on the traffic report a pedestrian was just hit there, nationality should be easy to guess. There's a Home Depot there, but I haven't been by in the AM to see if there are illegals. Right next door to the home depot is a mostly hispanic complex where a bus comes wednesday nights to pick up the folks going to church/bible study.

[ozarkgirl]

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.

This is what is so great about being an American, the elected officials thought they were above the will of the people. They were wrong.

The day labor center was founded by Muslim activist Mukit Hossain. 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.

No wonder the people were so angry, I hadn't heard this part. I just remember having the big hoohaa and then the council decided to go ahead and build the center anyway. Things sure have changed in that town and they are changing all across America.

[4Freedom]

BTTT!

Bush/Rove, Wake Up Call!

[TheLion]

I lived in Herndon for awhile in the late 60's. Then moved to Reston, which is right next door. Now live west of this area. Glad to see Herndon doing this. All communities need to do the same.

[stephenjohnbanker]

"Bush/Rove, Wake Up Call!"

They are pro illegal immigration. And they will not build any fence either.

[4Freedom]

I wish I could say I believe you are wrong. I can't. There's just too much evidence that supports your opinion.

[McGavin999]

I wish we could get that done here in Phoenix. We have the absolute WORST mayor and council in the country.

[stephenjohnbanker]

"I wish I could say I believe you are wrong. I can't. There's just too much evidence that supports your opinion."

I truly wish to heck I was wrong too! MAN, do I wish it!

[AppleButter]

If there is any magnet effect there such as a day labor center, you can be SURE the clergy/laity will get the word out in Spanish and you could see the community overrun there.

One of the activists said as much, "We want Gaithersburg to be known as a welcoming place!"

[AmericanInTokyo]

DAY LABOR CENTERS:

BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME