"Herndon [Va.] Could Tighten Screws on Day Laborers," reads a August 15 Metro section Washington Post headline that is only the latest example of that paper's soft stance on illegal immigration. Right off the bat staffer Sandhya Somashekhar characterized new business regulations as "inhospitable to day laborers" many of whom, of course, are not verifiably documented as legal immigrants:

Herndon officials are considering regulations to make the community inhospitable to day laborers, who have returned to sidewalks and street corners since the town shuttered a controversial job center for the mostly Hispanic workers last year.

Somashekhar later added that the new measures, including a "permitting process for homeowners to rent out rooms" are "designed to make life difficult for day laborers." The reporter then conceded that Herndon leaders are reacting to constituent complaints have about loitering day laborers: