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07-30-2007, 04:30 PM
Last Thursday, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled that the laws passed in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, which penalized undocumented immigrants and their employers for hiring them, were unconstitutional. This is the first case in United States where a local immigration law was challenged and went to a full trial, ending in favor of the undocumented immigrants. According to the Dominican American National Roundtable (DANR), many of the plaintiffs in the case against the City of Hazleton were Dominican, including Manuel Saldana of Casa Dominicana of Hazleton and Rudy Espinal, president of the Hazleton Hispanic Business Association. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund (PRLDEF) challenged the Hazleton law in court. Cesar Perales, who is the president and general counsel of PRLDEF is both Puerto Rican and Dominican. The Pennsylvania judge ruled that the City of Hazleton could not regulate immigration laws, as that is the role of the federal government. Hazleton, Pennsylvania is located approximately 125 miles west of New York City and about 97 miles north of Philadelphia. According to the US Census, it has about 23,000 residents, but over the last five years the population is estimated to have grown to 30,000-33,000, mostly due to the growth of the Latino population.
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See http://www.danr.org/ip.asp?op=news
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#17)