Thread: Activists opposed to illegal immigrant services band

Finally, this is the kind of organizing at the local and regional level is the kind of catch up action that will let us compete with longer existing illegal alien support groups.
I hope they and others start getting Federal funding.



Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007
Activists opposed to illegal immigrant services band
A dozen grassroots groups begin work on forming a regional coalition
by Sebastian Montes | Staff Writer


Anti-illegal immigrant activists from around the metropolitan area held their first meeting Wednesday night to begin work on forming a regional coalition aimed at pressuring local and state governments to cut their support of illegal immigrants next year.



Representatives from a dozen grassroots groups in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., attended the meeting.

The focus in Maryland will be on driver’s licenses, in-state tuition and day-laborer centers, said Brad Botwin of Derwood, director of the grass-roots group Help Save Maryland. He expects to draw on lessons learned by groups such as Help Save Herndon in convincing local officials to enact tighter illegal-immigrant laws.

‘‘Clearly, our friends from Virginia are light years ahead of us in Maryland,â€

all funding and grants for Casa of Maryland, the immigrant advocacy group that runs the centers.

Is this government funding and grants?

Fences make good neighbors.