Herndon Mayor: We Respect the Rule of Law
"Last spring, before my election as mayor of Herndon, I knocked on hundreds government
of doors, talking to people I knew well, people I'd met in passing and people I didn't know at all. I visited longtime residents, relative newcomers to our town and, it is important to note, many immigrants who had entered the United States legally and chosen Herndon as the place in which to buy homes and raise their families," says Herndon, Virginia, Mayor Stephen J. DeBenedittis in a Washington Post op-ed. "Workable, enforceable reforms to immigration laws and policies must be enacted. The town of Herndon believes that the ability of illegal aliens to work in the United States is the central problem. Businesses must be brought into the process to make them responsible for their actions with respect to hiring illegal aliens."
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