Immigration crusade powers Barletta’s run

BY BORYS KRAWCZENIUK
STAFF WRITER
Published: Sunday, October 19, 2008 6:40 PM EDT

HAZLETON — As Lou Barletta makes another run for Congress, the anti-illegal immigration crusader rails against the Big, Bad World of The Way Things Are in Washington.

On this warm, mid-September day, the venue for the 52-year-old Republican mayor to tout his anti-Washington crusade is Jimmy’s Quick Lunch, the popular Broad Street hot dog stand.

“I’m bursting with so much confidence now because of what I know,â€