The AP is reporting today (July 26, 2007) that Hazelton, Pennsylvania's anti-immigrant law has just been struck down by a federal judge.
Hazelton's Republican mayor Louis Barletta pushed through a housing law intended to make it unlawful for "illegal" immigrants to live in Hazelton. The result however was that the laws and their enforcement has had a detrimental impact on all Latino residents, including legal immigrants as well as U.S. citizens of Puerto Rican heritage.
Judge: Defendant seems to argue that the law is constitutional because it is aimed at illegal aliens who have no right to be in the United States. Defendant’s position fails to acknowledge that the law will affect more than illegal aliens. It will affect every employer, every employee who is challenged as an illegal alien and every prospective employee especially those who look or act as if they are foreign.Since many other towns adopted the Hazelton anti-immigrant housing codes, it's expected that those other laws will also be challenged.
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