[AmericanInTokyo]

My, what a difference a good American grassroots-backlash voter turnout and city council change can make--on the local level--over the issue of illegal immigrationa and illegal alien INVASION of the heartland.

Take heart, America.

[PeterPrinciple]

The training program was created by Congress in 1996, but Herndon is one of the first in the nation to take advantage of it.

Unbelievable...................It has taken this long?

[TomGuy]

Asa Hutchinson is running for governor in Arkansas.

He was former HSD Under Sec for Immigration. He was pro-illegals during that stint. He bragged of success at flying 300 illegals per month back to Mexico.

Now, Hutchinson has done a 180, since he is running for governor [and apparently found out the pro-illegals stance is not very popular]. He is running ads touting that he will enforce immigration policies and fight against the flood of illegals.

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

I wouldn't trust him for dog catcher, even if he does have the R as his party affiliation.

[thoughtomator]

All it takes is for a candidate to credibly promise to act against the illegal invasion... amazing ain't it?

[Colorado Doug]

I love a happy story

[AmericanInTokyo]

Si se puedes.

Yes we CAN (reverse the course of the nation)!

[103198]

One of the interesting things about this is that Herndon is located in northern Virginia which is by far the most liberal part of the Commonwealth (It may in fact go to Webb). If the people feel to take action like this there, just think what the rest of the Commonwealth would do (of course the center would never be set up in the rest of the Commonwealth in the first place).

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

Opponents claim it will allow local police officers to round up people merely suspected of being here illegally, but what the training really does is enable them to keep felons and gang members who are in this country illegally — and also pose a significant threat to public safety — off Herndon’s streets until they can be deported. No more “catch and release.”

Sounds good. Give this land back to it's citizens. Not the slimey politicians who care about nothing other than the money that pads their pockets...

[stephenjohnbanker]

"The town’s amazing transformation from a magnet for illegal aliens last year to a jurisdiction on the cutting edge of federal and local law enforcement efforts this year also proves that even on supposedly intractable issues like immigration, voters at the grassroots level really can make a difference."

The politicians have been bought and paid for, so the average AMERICAN will save us!

[gubamyster]

ping

[roaddog727]

Well done!

[Mamzelle]

!!!re: But it’s also where three of the Sept. 11 hijackers stayed the night before they flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon.)))!!!

[Iscool]

I'm curious of the party affiliation of the new council members...Hafta wonder if voters crossed party lines to protect the country...

[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

[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!

[McGavin999]

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