In Herndon, Only Feet Away but Worlds Apart
The Minutemen, Foes of Illegal Immigration, Turn Cameras to Their Cause
By N.C. Aizenman and Timothy Dwyer
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, December 9, 2005; Page B01
The slate-gray light of a wintry morning hung over the 7-Eleven parking lot just after sunrise yesterday when a murmur rippled through the crowd of men gathered there: "Look, they are coming."
Heads turned in unison to a dozen people moving toward them on Elden Street in Herndon. Although the men's clothing -- work boots and bluejeans -- revealed them as day laborers, the new group wore warm winter coats and snug-fitting gloves and carried cameras with long lenses, a camcorder, a couple of walkie-talkies and a clipboard list of license plate numbers collected on previous visits.
"The day is ruined. They're going to scare off the employers," Alex Aleman, a 32-year-old Honduran in a black ski cap, told his friends in Spanish. "When they come, we don't eat."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/08/AR2005120802068.htmlOkay, I agree that going after those who illegally employ undocumented aliens is the best way to solve the problem. I have a problem with the Minutemen, but I don't think I have a problem with what they are doing here.