More Hazleton copycats (thank goodness!!)

I sent a copy of this to my mayor today. Please go read my post in general about how I'm trying to get Waukegan to do a Hazleton. I need encouragement and advice. The more cities that do this the more 'this might come to a city near you!'
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http://www.numbersusa.com/news?ID=6255


Another PA City passes 'illegal alien' ordinance
: August 9 , 2006 -- by MIA LIGHT

"Fashioned after the Illegal Immigration Relief Ordinance that was recently adopted as law in the City of Hazleton, the Mahanoy City ordinance became effectively immediately following the unanimous approval of council Tuesday..." Tuesday gave unanimous approval to the formal adoption of its Illegal Immigration Relief Act Ordinance, which deems it unlawful for a landlord to knowingly rent or lease a housing to an illegal immigrant and subjects business owners who knowingly employ illegal immigrants to financial penalties.

Fashioned after the Illegal Immigration Relief Ordinance that was recently adopted as law in the City of Hazleton, the Mahanoy City ordinance became effectively immediately following the unanimous approval of council Tuesday.

Penalties for violations of the borough's new illegal immigration ordinance would include financial penalties of $1,000 or more.

According to borough Solicitor Michael O'Pake, the proposed ordinance does not prohibit any person who holds legal immigration status from living or working in the borough.

"This ordinance doesn't limit or prohibit anyone from coming into the borough if they are legal," O'Pake said when council took the proposed legislation into consideration in July. "What it does is cracks down on illegal immigrants attempting to reside in the borough by focusing on employers and landlords who knowingly employ or knowingly rent to immigrants who do not have appropriate immigration paperwork."

The ordinance, O'Pake said, "focuses on landlords and employers to make sure people have appropriate immigration paperwork before coming into the borough to work or live."

Adoption of the ordinance follows council's action last month that, by unanimously approved resolution, proclaimed English as the official language of the Borough of Mahanoy City, which mandates that all official borough communications shall be expressed and/or printed in one language: English.

Similar versions of the Illegal Immigration Relief Ordinance are on the table in numerous Schuylkill County municipalities including Mahanoy City's neighbor, Shenandoah Borough, where English has already been proclaimed by resolution as the official language and formal adoption of the Illegal Immigration Relief Act legislation is expected to come later this month when council holds its regular monthly meeting.

And the Democrats keep screaming the nation-wide House meetings are a waist of time and that the only purpose for the meetings is to stall the issue until after the November elections. Heck, I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm all for anything that gives more Americans time to jump onboard our anti-illegal immigration train! For every two steps back the Bush administration and pro-illegal activists force us to take, I think we're taking three steps forward with the American public. :wink:

Its truley not beleivable that they could conquer "LAmerica" without a fight......again, its gotta be Bush IIII, what else could it be? Social costs will crumble the country.......thats why this is happening....its P/C Eugenics

They want the social costs to crumble the country--they will try and use this and other issues to justify the union between CA, MEX and the US even though the debt will have to be wiped clean. That's when our standard of living takes a nose dive. You think its bad now, wait until then, but then again, we can't afford to wait. Its really too bad US citizens don't take to the streets and protest with the numbers that the illegals have. This is where we will loose the battle, if we do loose it.