Minuteman National Blog

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

HOME OF HERNDON MINUTEMAN LEADER TARGETED WITH GRAFFITI

(HERNDON, VA) January 31, 2006 – The home of George Taplin, leader of the Herndon Minutemen, was targeted with graffiti this weekend by opponents of the Minuteman’s stand for enforcement of immigration and employment laws.

The graffiti was spray-painted on the sidewalk in front of Taplin’s Herndon home using a stencil and language that mimics the appearance of signs carried by supporters of the controversial taxpayer funded day labor center in Herndon.

The graffiti attack is being investigated by the Town of Herndon police.

Two separate messages were spray-painted: “No One is Illegal” and, under a heart-shaped globe, “Love Sees No Borders.”

Taplin issued the following statement on the incident:

“The Herndon Minutemen will not be intimidated from exercising our constitutional rights. Our position is simple: enforce immigration and employment laws and don’t encourage law-breaking by subsidizing it with tax dollars.

“While the Minutemen scrupulously follow the law in their actions, it is telling that supporters of criminals who preach tolerance would resort to a criminal act that conveys a message of intolerance for those who seek for the law to be upheld.”