Judicial Watch says Hazleton illegal immigration ordinances consistent with federal law

Judicial Watch says Hazleton illegal immigration ordinances consistent with federal law
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Judicial Watch says Hazleton illegal immigration ordinances consistent with federal law

March 8, 2007

http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/16855560.htm

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, filed an amicus curiae brief with U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania in support of two ordinances enforced by Hazleton relating to the employment and harboring of illegal aliens, the group said Wednesday.

(Light at the end of the tunnel??)

Hazelton's ordinances, known as the Illegal Immigration Relief Act, prohibits any business that holds a business permit from employing an illegal immigrant. This ordinance also prohibits any person or business that owns a dwelling unit from harboring an illegal immigrant.

Judicial Watch argues that the ordinances are consistent with federal law, and assist in achieving the same goals and objectives articulated by Congress in enacting federal immigration laws.