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Hazleton Neighbors Follow Lead

The Times Tribune

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — More than a half-dozen communities in eastern Pennsylvania have either passed or are considering crackdowns on illegal immigrants similar to the one approved by the city of Hazleton earlier this month.

Although the Hazleton measure will almost certainly face a legal challenge, municipal officials said they want to discourage illegal immigrants who leave Hazleton from settling nearby in their towns.

“If you don’t go along with what’s happening, you’re putting the bulls-eye right on your borough,” said Jerry Teter, manager of Mahanoy City, a former coal town about 15 miles from Hazleton that is about to approve its own illegal immigrant law.

Hazleton, a northeastern Pennsylvania city of about 31,000, approved one of the toughest measures of its kind in the United States earlier this month, imposing $1,000 fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants, denying business permits to companies that give them jobs and making English the city’s official language.Hazleton Neighbors Follow Lead

The Times Tribune

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — More than a half-dozen communities in eastern Pennsylvania have either passed or are considering crackdowns on illegal immigrants similar to the one approved by the city of Hazleton earlier this month.

Although the Hazleton measure will almost certainly face a legal challenge, municipal officials said they want to discourage illegal immigrants who leave Hazleton from settling nearby in their towns.

“If you don’t go along with what’s happening, you’re putting the bulls-eye right on your borough,” said Jerry Teter, manager of Mahanoy City, a former coal town about 15 miles from Hazleton that is about to approve its own illegal immigrant law.

Hazleton, a northeastern Pennsylvania city of about 31,000, approved one of the toughest measures of its kind in the United States earlier this month, imposing $1,000 fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants, denying business permits to companies that give them jobs and making English the city’s official language.hdog.com/?p=1614