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BREAKING NEWS: Hazleton council to vote on revised illegal immigration ordinance Friday


09/07/2006

The city of Hazleton will hold a special meeting Friday afternoon to vote on a revised illegal immigration ordinance.

Council will convene at 4:15 p.m. for the first reading of two ordinances that will take the place of an ordinance passed in July. Advocacy groups and local attorneys filed a lawsuit against the original ordinance - which aimed to punish those who employ or rent to illegal immigrants and make English the city's official language.

The city, with the help of two national immigration law experts, has decided to split the official language provision off into a separate ordinance, while another ordinance still addresses punishment for landlords "harboring" illegal immigrants or businesses employing them.

If the ordinances pass first reading, council will proceed with second and third readings at a 5:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday.

Once a new ordinance is passed, the plaintiffs suing the city will be permitted to amend their lawsuit and file for an injunction, according to a legal agreement between lawyers from both sides.