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13 Nov 2006, 4:56 pm
Puerto Rican Legal Defense Education Fund (PRLDEF),a Latino civil rights litigation group, active since 1972 mostly on the East Coast and Florida, is suing the City of Hazleton (Pennsylvania) and Riverside Township (New Jersey) to challenge their anti-immigrant ordinances. [read post]
22 Mar 2007, 5:59 pm
The trial over the immigration-related local ordinance passed in Hazleton, PA ended today. [read post]
27 Jul 2007, 1:11 am
Many cities since either adopted the Hazleton law or declared their intention to do if it was upheld. [read post]
12 Mar 2007, 5:51 am
. - There is no evidence to back up the Hazleton mayor's claim that illegal immigrants are destroying the quality of life in his city, an ACLU attorney told a judge Monday at the start of the first federal trial on local efforts to curb illegal immigration. [read post]
16 Aug 2006, 8:32 am
Since July, when the Pennsylvania city of Hazleton passed an ordinance aimed at making it one of the most difficult... [read post]
31 Oct 2006, 7:17 am
[JURIST] Advocacy groups filed a second lawsuit Monday against the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania [official website] in an attempt to block the community's anti-immigration laws that will make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to reside or work in the town. [read post]
31 Oct 2006, 6:23 pm
District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued a temporary restraining order against Hazleton City Council, preventing it from enforcing its Illegal Immigration Relief Act Ordinance. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 11:03 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
In August 2006, the city of Hazleton passed a law that would punish landlords and employers accused of renting to or hiring anyone the city deems an "illegal alien. [read post]
23 Mar 2007, 7:07 am
[JURIST] The federal trial of a lawsuit launched by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] challenging the constitutionality of two laws passed by the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania [official website; legal defense website] that make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to live or work in the town ended Thursday. [read post]
27 Jul 2007, 10:19 am
Obama Statement on Ruling in Hazleton Anti-Immigrant Ordinance Case Chicago, IL-- Senator Obama released the following statement today in response to Judge James Munley's ruling that the city of Hazleton's anti-immigrant ordinance is unconstitutional. [read post]
10 Sep 2010, 6:04 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Thursday that two ordinances passed by the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania [official website; legal defense website] making it more difficult for illegal immigrants [JURIST news archive] to live or work in the town are unconstitutional. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 10:15 am
Court of Appeals' "re-examining the City of Hazleton's controversial immigration ordinance in a hearing set for today that could be the first court in the nation to reconcile the U.S. [read post]
On August 15, 2006, the city of Hazleton passed a controversial law that would have punished landlords and employers for renting to or employing anyone the city classifies as an “illegal alien. [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 1:37 pm by immigrationprof
A new ACLU video tells the story of how the town of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, went from welcoming immigrants to being the epicenter of an anti-immigrant sentiment that swept through several cities around the country. [read post]