(Proposed) More Coddling for Illegals

Here's a follow-up article concerning the proposed establishment of an official (and tax-funded) pick-up site for day-laborers in Herndon, on the Loudoun County Border. According to the article, and not surprisingly,

...some estimates say as many as 85 percent of day laborers in Herndon are illegal.(Washington Post, 8/5/05)

Project Hope and Harmony (that really just says it all, doesn't it?), the non-profit group behind the proposal, plans to have social workers on-site who would provide English language and job skills classes to the laborers waiting their turn for work.

Many residents (including LEGAL immigrants) are up in arms about this. I especially appreciate this guy's opinion:

'This is the United States of America, not the Diverse States of America,' said William Tirrell Sr., a commission member who introduced most of the conditions [to the proposal]. 'We don't segregate ourselves in little pods of people. I'm not a hyphenated American. I'm an American. We need to take these folks and make them part of us. But I will not support tax dollars being used to support an illegal enterprise.'(Washington Post, 8/5/05)

Ay.