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Taxpayer Funded Illegal Alien Day Labor Site to Close
By Tom Fitton
Sep 12, 2007


Town officials in Herndon, Virginia, have finally decided to close its taxpayer-funded illegal alien day labor site on September 14, 2007. This victory for the rule of law comes almost two years after Judicial Watch, on behalf of local taxpayers, challenged the legality of the illegal alien day labor site in court.

This is a tremendous victory for Judicial Watch, its supporters, and the citizens of Herndon. There is no question this would not have occurred without our lawsuit, filed back in the fall of 2005. It was the first legal challenge to localities supporting these illicit day labor sites used by illegal aliens and spawned opposition to similar sites all over the nation.

But the war is not over -- next up: Laguna Beach, California.

The lawsuit helped galvanize public opposition to the Herndon site. As a result of the ensuing court battle and controversy, new political leadership was elected to run Herndon on the promise to shut down the day labor site where taxpayer dollars were used to help illegal aliens find illegal work in contravention of federal and state laws. Come September 14, it will be “mission accomplishedâ€