Thread: Other Pa, towns protest againts Hazleton /

Woul`nt you know it,,,,,,,Crackdown On Hazleton,Pa

(AP) HAZLETON, Pa. About 300 people, many from Philadelphia and other parts of the state, rallied Sunday in opposition to the city's crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Some carried signs with slogans such as "We The People Includes Everyone" and "The Only People Who Weren't Immigrants Are Native Americans" as they listened to religious and civic leaders speak.

"This ordinance does not include only Latinos," organizer Dr. Agapito Lopez told the crowd. "Many people who are not Latinos will be without jobs if this becomes law."

Hazleton, a city of about 31,000 residents, approved one of the toughest laws of its kind in the United States in July. The law imposes $1,000 fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants, denies business permits to companies that give them jobs and makes English the city's official language.

The city agreed Friday to delay enforcing the law after the American Civil Liberties Union and Hispanic groups filed suit. Mayor Lou Barletta said the city is working on a replacement ordinance that he believes will better stand up in court.

The Rev. Miguel Rivera, president of the Washington, D.C.-based National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leadership, said his members came to represent local illegal immigrants who could not protest because they feared arrest.

"We are here for what is just and what is moral," Rivera said.

Let`s all go to the Hazleton Forum and give some support.

http://www.topix.net/forum/city/hazleto ... PostAnchor

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

Let`s all go to the Hazleton Forum and give some support.

http://www.topix.net/forum/city/hazleto ... PostAnchor

Thanks, It was a kick posting a message there.



P.S. Another thing that may help is making a donation to help the city with the fight. It's important that we win in Hazleton.

http://www.smalltowndefenders.com/public/

Great Suggestion

The city agreed Friday to delay enforcing the law after the American Civil Liberties Union and Hispanic groups filed suit. Mayor Lou Barletta said the city is working on a replacement ordinance that he believes will better stand up in court.

I thought the new ordinance was already completed. What is the date of the article you posted mkfarnam? Thanks.

P.S. Another thing that may help is making a donation to help the city with the fight. It's important that we win in Hazleton.

http://www.smalltowndefenders.com/public/

Yes, I pass the link on ...again...from time to time.

Why can't they protest, march, fight for change in their OWN Countries????

This infuriates me so! Stupid people, won't fight for their own country, but come here and want us to bend over backwards and change our laws just for them!

I guess they are afraid of their own leaders.....someone or some group here, has fed them a lot of Bull.

Wow, before I even found this forum this morning, I'd posted about Hazelton on my home board.

You guys have got it all together on this board. This IS THE place to get immigration info.

Moosetracks, why should they do a damn thing to improve their own countries? The USA has laid out the big welcome mat for them, and said c'mon and take what you can grab.

Welcome to the Board Morticia .

Morticia Addams Wrote:
quote]You guys have got it all together on this board. This IS THE place to get immigration info.

You have that right.
If you want to keep updated on every Illegal Immigration activity, you`ve come to the right place.
This is what you might call the: "No CITIZEN left behind" forum.

Why don't we all organize? We could collect money at intersections to send to Hazleton. We could have a Support Hazleton Day. It would be two fold, collect money for Hazleton and get the word out to the public about illegal aliens.

Originally Posted by StokeyBob

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

Let`s all go to the Hazleton Forum and give some support.

http://www.topix.net/forum/city/hazleto ... PostAnchor

Thanks, It was a kick posting a message there.



P.S. Another thing that may help is making a donation to help the city with the fight. It's important that we win in Hazleton.

http://www.smalltowndefenders.com/public/