Minuteman Effort Expands to Day Labor, Gets More Attention

"The cluster of middle-aged men and women dressed in jeans and sweat shirts, with cameras and video recorders at the ready, peered across the street. Tourists are common in the Washington area, but these people weren't looking for monuments. The group, a newly formed chapter of the Minuteman Project, had its cameras trained on about 100 men gathered at an informal day-labor site in this northern Virginia town. When a truck or car pulled up, they snapped shots in earnest. The activists were there to photograph prospective employers, note license plate numbers and business names, and report them to the authorities, though it was unclear whether any official action would follow," the LA Times writes. In Herndon, "[s]ome residents are uncomfortable with laborers gathering on street corners, waiting for work. People worry about what the influx of immigrants will mean for property values and the added burdens on schools, hospitals and law enforcement."

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