Hazleton Still Waits for Ruling
"While the national debate over illegal immigration plays out in Arizona, lawyers across the country are still waiting and watching for a federal appeals court decision on a lower court ruling that invalidated Hazleton's immigration law. Today is the third anniversary of the ruling by U.S. District Judge James M. Munley that grabbed national attention in finding the southern Luzerne County city's immigration law was unconstitutional," the Republican Herald says. "The case grew out of Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta's attempt to clamp down on illegal immigration through a city ordinance that punished landlords who rented to aliens or business that employed them."