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Officers Lack Training to Enforce Ordinance, Police Chief Lacks Statistics

By Sara Mullen, ACLU of Pennsylvania at 4:07pm
The testimony in the suit against Hazleton's illegal immigration ordinance continued Friday. Two Code Enforcement Officers, who are charged with investigating violations of the ordinance, both testified that they wouldn't know how to determine whether complaints against illegal immigrants were valid, and that they

Immigration Expert: Hazleton Laws are Harsh and Discriminatory

By Sara Mullen, ACLU of Pennsylvania at 7:58am
On Thursday, Judge Munley heard the testimony of Marc R. Rosenblum, a political science professor at the University of New Orleans, who last year worked with Congress in drafting immigration reform.

Rosenblum offered damning testimony of Hazleton's ordinance, citing its harsh, shortened timeline that gives employers a scant

Hazleton Doesn't Do its Homework

By Sara Mullen, ACLU of Pennsylvania at 1:36pm
After a last-ditch effort by the defense's attorneys to stop him from testifying, Hazleton City Council President Joseph Yanuzzi took the stand in yesterday afternoon's proceedings. Yanuzzi admitted that the city council hadn't thoroughly researched the "findings" that the ordinances are based upon, namely that illegal immigrants increased v
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