(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch, the public interest group that fights government corruption, announced today that on Friday, December 16, Judicial Watch will be in court to pursue the lawsuit it filed on behalf of concerned citizens of Herndon and Fairfax County against the Town of Herndon and Fairfax County, Virginia challenging the decision to use taxpayer funds to establish a “Day Laborer Site” for illegal aliens.  Judicial Watch’s co-counsel, former Virginia State Solicitor General William H. Hurd, will argue this case before Judge Kathleen MacKay of the Fairfax County Circuit Court.  The hearing on Friday concerns motions filed by Herndon and Fairfax County to have the case dismissed.

“The Town of Herndon and Fairfax County have now joined in the efforts to flout the law by providing a day laborer site for illegal immigrants who seek unlawful employment,” Judicial Watch argued in a brief filed on November 22, 2005.  “As taxpayers, Plaintiffs have a legal remedy against the use of public resources to defy the law.”

The lawsuit was filed after Herndon and Fairfax County adopted a plan to establish and operate a “Day Laborer Site” – essentially a marketplace for illegal aliens to obtain unlawful employment.  In its legal complaint, and in testimony before the Herndon Town Council and Fairfax Board of Supervisors, Judicial Watch has made clear that the “Day Laborer Site” is in violation of multiple federal and state laws relating to immigration, employment, and public assistance to illegal aliens.  Judicial Watch is seeking to enjoin the defendants from maintaining the site, along with a judicial determination that the expenditure of taxpayer funds in furtherance of the “Day Laborer Site” is unlawful and void.

“We are asking the court to stop these local governments from breaking the law,” said JW President Tom Fitton.  “Our citizen-clients want their day in court to prevent their tax dollars from being used to support illegal immigration and hurt their community.”

William Hurd, Judicial Watch’s co-counsel in the lawsuit, is a former State Solicitor General and Deputy Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Mr. Hurd is currently with the firm Troutman Sanders LLP.

Documents related to Judicial Watch’s fight to stop the illegal “Day Laborer” site can be found on Judicial Watch’s Internet site, www.judicialwatch.org.

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