The beleaguered town of Herndon, Virginia, has applied to receive 287(G) training, which will enable its law enforcement community to properly and effectively carry out U.S. immigration laws. The Herndon Town Council proposal passed by a vote of 6-1. See this Washington Post story (free reg. req.).

Our co-president, Mexico president Vicente Fox, won’t be too happy about this.

My contact at Help Save Virginia (formerly Help Save Herndon) sent me a copy of the 287(G) training proposal. You may download the 19-page document here (PDF).

The Herndon “day laborer” issue is an ongoing saga in my area. For years, illegal aliens congregated in a 7-Eleven parking lot, dirtying up the neighborhood and making a nuisance of themselves. The former mayor and town council voted to build a day labor center with taxpayers’ money so the criminals could wait there to be picked up for jobs by criminal employers.

I channeled my outrage into a two-part column: A Nation of Outlaws, Part I and Part II.

When election time rolled around this past May, the mayor and most of the council members who voted for the illegal plan were ousted, kicked out of office.

Herndon has to wait for acceptance into the 287(G) training program. Once approved, officers will be allowed to ask a suspect and/or arrestee the status of his citizenship and detain him if he’s here in violation of federal law.

Also see States, Counties Begin to Enforce Immigration Law.

Update: Speaking of 7-Eleven, the convenience store is dropping Citgo, a company owned by Venezuela. Last week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said some nasty things about the president. Bloggers and others were calling for a boycott against Citgo. More on the story here, here, and here.