Thread: CITY OF HAZLETON ILLEGAL ALIEN RELIEF ACT ORDINANCE

ILLEGAL ALIEN RELIEF ACT ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE 2006 - 10
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAZLETON AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. - TITLE
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “City of Hazleton Alien
Immigration Relief Act Ordinance.”
SECTION 2. - FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE
The People of the City of Hazleton find and declare:
A. That illegal immigration leads to higher crime rates, contributes to
overcrowded classrooms and failing schools, subjects our hospitals to
fiscal hardship and legal residents to substandard quality of care,
contributes to other burdens on public services, increasing their cost
and diminishing their availability to lawful residents, and destroys our
neighborhoods and diminishes our overall quality of life.
B. That the City of Hazleton is authorized to abate public nuisances and
empowered and mandated by the People of Hazleton to abate the nuisance
of illegal immigration by diligently prohibiting the acts and policies that
facilitate illegal immigration and punishing the people and businesses
that aid and abet illegal aliens.
C. This ordinance seeks to secure to those lawfully present in the United
States and this City, whether or not they are Citizens of the United
States, the right to live in peace free of the threat of illegal alien crime,
to enjoy the public services provided by this city without being
burdened by the cost of providing goods, support and services to any
whose presence in the United States is contrary to its laws and to be
free of the debilitating effects on their economic and social well being
imposed by the influx of illegal aliens to the fullest extent that these
goals can be achieved consistent with the Constitution and Laws of the
United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“City” means the City of Hazleton.
“Contract employer” means any person who obtains the services of one or more
individuals through a day labor agency.
“Illegal Alien” means any person whose initial entry into the United States was
illegal and whose current status is also illegal as well as any person who, after
entering legally, has failed to leave the United States upon the expiration of his or
her visa.
“Legal Work Status” means that a person’s employment is not in violation of any
law of the United States, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or this Ordinance.
“Vehicle” means a vehicle as defined in Pennsylvania Vehicle Code as the same now
reads or may hereafter be amended.
SECTION 4. BUSINESS PERMITS, CONTRACTS OR GRANTS
Any entity or any parent, affiliate, subsidiary or agent of any entity (other than a
charity recognized as exempt from federal income taxation under Sec. 501 of the
Internal Revenue Code of the United States and which has obtained and continues
to have in force an exemption from federal income taxation), that employs, retains,
aids or abets illegal aliens or illegal immigration into the United States, whether
directly or by or through any agent, ruse, guise, device or means, no matter how
indirect, and even if the agent or entity might otherwise be exempted from this
section, or violates any provision of this Ordinance, shall from the date of the
violation or its discovery, whichever shall be later, be denied and barred from
approval of a business permit, renewal of a business permit, any city contract or
grant as follows:
(1) For the first violation for a period of five years,
(2) For any subsequent violation, for a period of ten years.
A. “Aids or abets” includes, but is not limited to:
(i) hiring or attempted hiring of illegal aliens,
(ii) providing, renting or leasing real or personal property to illegal
aliens,
(iii) funding or providing goods and services to illegal aliens, except as
provided in Sec. 4 C.,
(iv) funding, providing goods and services to or aiding in the
establishment or continuation of any day labor center or other entity
providing similar services, unless the entity acts with due diligence to
verify the legal work status of all persons whom it employs, provides
job assistance for or in any way assists or facilitates in obtaining any
employment.
B. Except as provided in C., any action or failure to act done within the
boundaries of this City that aids and abets illegal aliens or facilitates their
avoiding detection and apprehension anywhere in the United States, its
territories or possessions violates this Ordinance.
C. This Ordinance shall not be construed to prohibit rendering emergency
medical care.
SECTION 5. RENTING TO ILLEGAL ALIENS
A. Illegal aliens are prohibited from leasing or renting property. Any
property owner or renter/tenant/lessee in control of property, who knowingly
allows an illegal alien to use, rent or lease their property shall be in violation of
this section.
B. Any person or entity that violates this Ordinance shall be subject to a fine of
not less than $1,000.00.
C. A separate violation of this Ordinance shall be deemed to have been
committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
SECTION 6. ENGLISH ONLY
A. The City of Hazleton declares that English is the official language of the City.
B. Unless explicitly mandated by the federal government, the state of Pennsylvania
or the City of Hazleton, all official city business, forms, documents, signage,
telecommunication or electronic communication devices will be conducted or
written in or utilize English only.
SECTION 7. SEVERABILITY
If any part of provision of this Chapter is in conflict or inconsistent with applicable
provisions of federal or state statutes, or is otherwise held to be invalid or unenforceable
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such part of provision shall be suspended and
superseded by such applicable laws or regulations, and the remainder of this Chapter
shall not be affected thereby.
ORDAINED by Council this _______ day of June, 2006.
First Reading: June 15, 2006
PRESENTED BY _________________________________
SECONDED BY __________________________________
Gabos_____________________________
Graham ___________________________
Mundie____________________________
Nilles _____________________________
Yanuzzi____________________________
Second Reading: July 13, 2006
PRESENTED BY _________________________________
SECONDED BY __________________________________
Gabos_____________________________
Graham ___________________________
Mundie____________________________
Nilles _____________________________
Yanuzzi____________________________
Third Reading: August 17, 2006
PRESENTED BY _________________________________
SECONDED BY __________________________________
Gabos_____________________________
Graham ___________________________
Mundie____________________________
Nilles _____________________________
Yanuzzi____________________________

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How I so envy that city

Copy and paste that ordinance now to your local government representative, mayor, whatever. Give them a heads up we're coming for them.

Good idea, I just sent to Mayor Pat McCrory in our area and told him to show a little backbone and follow the lead these cities are showing.

If our local officials would get the job done, rather than blaming the Feds who get nothing done; we wouldn't have a problem at all.

Good for Hazelton!!

BOY, THIS REALLY STINKS...........KNOW WHAT JUST DAWNED ON ME?
WHERE I LIVE..........ISN'T A CITY OR TOWN.........WE DON'T HAVE A MAYOR.......HUMMMMMMM
Help me out here. I don't live in Asheboro, High Point nor Randleman.........I'm out in the country........what do I do now? Who do I fuss at about this?

Well don't feel too bad. I live in Charlotte and I have no Mayor either.

FOR REAL? Charlotte don't have a Mayor? Or just not much of one?
High Point has a Mayor like that
I guess I can count my lucky stars I don't have one because if we did have one, he'd be like the rest of them

Not much of one, let's put it that way

Originally Posted by ruthiela

BOY, THIS REALLY STINKS...........KNOW WHAT JUST DAWNED ON ME?
WHERE I LIVE..........ISN'T A CITY OR TOWN.........WE DON'T HAVE A MAYOR.......HUMMMMMMM
Help me out here. I don't live in Asheboro, High Point nor Randleman.........I'm out in the country........what do I do now? Who do I fuss at about this?

RUTH
I also live in the same type area as you...We're a township not a town or city. We do have, though, a town council set-up as you must also. Do they hold meetings? If so, that's where you would go with your info & concerns.