Hazleton

==Background==
* Municipality about 80 miles north west of Philly.
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* Hazleton as one of the first to make a local ordinance with an impact upon immigration.
* In Pennsylvania
==Insights==
* In July, 2006, the city and mayor passed the first ordinance about illegal immigrants.
* Illegals can't live, work nor shop in Hazelton, PA. Else, the merchants give up their right to operate for five years. 
* In August, 2006, the first Hazelton ordinance was scratched. A second ordinance came into being and was to take effect in October, 2006. However, a judge stepped in and put everthing on hold. The ACLU put up a case to push the issue.
==Links==
===Media===
* PennLive.com: NewsFlash - Hazleton mayor says law aimed at illegals, not every immigrant 10/23/2006, by Peter Jackson
: HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The illegal immigrants Hazleton has targeted in a new ordinance are Hispanics, but Mayor Lou Barletta said Monday that people with his own Italian ancestry would get the same unfriendly reception if they violated U.S. immigration laws in moving to the tiny northeastern Pennsylvania city. 'I hope I catch an illegal Italian — I do — just so I could prove that it doesn't matter to me,' he told reporters after addressing about 100 business people, lobbyists and reporters at a Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon. The ordinance that has gained Barletta and Hazleton national notoriety would punish businesses that hire illegal immigrants and landlords who rent to them. It has been approved by city council and is scheduled to take effect Nov. 1.
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