Barletta invites presidential candidates to discuss illegal immigration
BY L.A. TARONE
STAFF WRITER
03/15/2008

Mayor Lou Barletta has invited the three serious presidential contenders to visit Hazleton.

But the invitation isn’t merely a polite request that they stop in town. It has a point.

“On behalf of the citizens and elected leaders of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, I respectfully invite you to come to our great city to discuss the issue of illegal immigration in the United States,â€