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Herndon, Virginia, and immigrants effect on elections.

by James Denison May 5, 2006 9:25AM PDT

You MUST see CBS evening news tonight about the 20 minute mark (open broadcast including commercials). Seems Herndon Virginia had an immigrant center some elected officials voted to open. They were all voted out of office and THAT was the reason.

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by James Denison May 5, 2006 10:36AM PDT

The Liberal view
http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/tilove050506.html

The conservative View
http://cepan.redstate.com/story/2006/5/3/125827/7512

Washington Post View
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/02/AR2006050201805.html
Wednesday, May 3, 2006; Page A01

Herndon voters yesterday unseated the mayor and two Town Council members who supported a bitterly debated day-labor center for immigrant workers in a contest that emerged as a mini-referendum on the turbulent national issue of illegal immigration.

Residents replaced the incumbents with challengers who immediately called for significant changes at the center. Some want to bar public funds from being spent on the facility or restrict it to workers living in the country legally. Others want it moved to an industrial site away from the residential neighborhood where it is located.
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