Virginia town tackles immigration - Herndon

“As Congress continues to struggle on an overhaul of the nations immigration laws, localities across the nation have grown tired of waiting for lawmakers to act, choosing instead to take matters into their own hands.

Thirty miles down the road from the marbled U.S. Capitol building, Herndon officials are trying to curb their illegal immigrant population: adopting English as the official language; training police officers to detain undocumented immigrants; requiring small businesses to employ only documented workers.

“This is definitely an instance of doing things because the politicians aren’t, ” council member Dennis Husch said. “This town council was given marching orders from the citizens of this community.”"

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