Banned in Newark: Illegal immigrant ice cream vendors
Published: Thursday, July 01, 2010, 7:00 AM Updated: Thursday, July 01, 2010, 7:13 AM
Brian Donohue
Ledger Live: What happens when the ice cream man is an illegal immigrant?

VIDEO REPORT AT THE LINK...

While the state of Arizona has sparked a national firestorm over its tough new immigration law, the City of Newark has quietly turned up the heat on another group of unauthorized foreigners: pushcart ice cream vendors.

Scores of vendors who sell shaved ice or "coco helado" have been denied license renewals by city officials demanding they provide social security numbers or proof of legal U.S. residency, vendors and city officials told Ledger Live, the Star-Ledger's video webcast.

For more on what happens when the ice cream man is an illegal immigrant, watch today's Ledger Live.



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