The Herndon Town Council may change or rescind a controversial anti-loitering ordinance that local advocates argued is unconstitutional and unfairly targets immigrant day laborers. The National Day Laborer Organizing Network and Advancement Project sent a letter to the Herndon Town Council in October, arguing that the ordinance violated immigrants’ constitutional right of free speech and equal protection and threatening to go to court if the council refused to meet with them to discuss potential solutions.
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