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" It does n't make a lot of sense in the type of sectarian violence that 's going on to simply put American troops in the middle of it , " said Sen. James Webb ( D-Va . " The two newest Supreme Court justices took off the robes and took to the stump last week , providing glimpses of the fresh personalities that will reshape a court that had remained constant for more than a decade.The settings could not have been more different . Yesterday in Richmond , a House committee approved a bill that would ban taxpayer money going to religious and charitable groups that provide assistance to illegal immigrants.The legislation was sponsored by Jackson Miller , the newly elected Republican delegate from Manassas , who said he was upset that taxpayers ' money was used to fund a day-laborer center in Herndon in 2005.The county government study was able to determine only the specific costs of illegal immigration at the county jail and juvenile detention center and the administrative costs of processing emergency Medicaid applications at hospitals and clinics.Most of the $ 3 million was spent housing illegal immigrants at the jail , according to the study.Gerhart said the county could not determine how much the school system spends on illegal immigrants , because students are not required to provide proof of legal status.Prince William 's study was unusual because it was the first attempt by a local government in the region to determine the price tag of funding local services for illegal immigrants , according to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the National Council of La Raza , a leading Hispanic civil rights group . The former employees " have all been condemned to many more years of labor to try and rebuild the hard-earned financial security that was stolen from them , " the lawyers wrote in court papers last week . " Worried that surprise raids are driving away workers who are their lifeblood , businesses are pooling their money and joining unusually broad alliances that include labor unions and civil rights groups to push Congress to overhaul the nation 's immigration laws.The coalition Alliance for Immigration Reform 2007 announced its formation this week , placing the force of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce , Service Employees International Union and the nation 's largest Hispanic civil rights group behind a unified lobbying effort to get a law passed before the politics of the 2008 presidential campaign make a compromise on the contentious issue unworkable . The consulting firm also spoke with investor , labor and consumer groups.Some are skeptical of the notion that the United States is losing its financial edge . ) printing with movable metal type , which had been developed two centuries earlier , became widely used , and the Korean alphabet was developed . " The president took us into this war recklessly , " said freshman Sen. James Webb ( D-Va . " The head of the Herndon Minutemen , part of a national organization devoted to repelling illegal migrants at the U.S. - Mexico border and at labor sites across the country , Taplin is regarded in his town as everything from patriot to pariah . " But later , Kennedy expressed worry that the federal ban might leave some women at " risk if the uterine wall is compromised by cancer or some forms of preeclampsia , " a dangerous spike in blood pressure.Such health questions are central to the most important abortion case to reach the court in half a decade.The federal law , passed by Congress and signed by President Bush in 2003 , bans the procedure known medically as " intact dilation and extraction , " which usually occurs in the second trimester of pregnancy .