July 22, 2007
Montgomery County, MARYLAND: Critics of day-laborer center in Derwood spar with backers

The Washingotn Times

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland -- A protest outside a day-laborer center in Montgomery County yesterday morning drew dozens of demonstrators who clashed over whether county officials should use taxpayer funds to provide services to illegal aliens.

Separated by a line of police officers, the demonstrators taunted each other, often with profanity-laced insults, from across a street for several hours outside the county-owned center in Derwood beginning at around 8 a.m.

"This trailer is in better condition than our schools," said Brad Botwin, director of Help Save Maryland, an offshoot of the Help Save Virginia group that was formed to lobby local officials for tougher enforcement of immigration laws.

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Posted by Richard at July 22, 2007
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