A Chinese immigrant died of cancer in a detention facility after authorities ignored his excruciating pain for months.
More immigration raids: ICE arrests 42 suspected illegal immigrants working at Dulles Airport in suburban Washington, D.C. and 57 at a parachute plant in Asheville, N.C.
Deportations are up 40 percent in the Pacific Northwest, due to the […]
Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, August 18
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · anti-immigration, Asian Americans, Barletta, Columbia, illegal immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kanjorski, Nick Lampson, Pete Olson, South Asians, Sugar Land
Should Veteran Congressman Fear Small-Town Mayor?
August 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Yes, if that mayor is Lou Barletta.
Barletta, the Republican mayor of Hazleton, Pa., has built a reputation as an anti-immigration hardliner, and now he is running against Democrat Paul Kanjorski in Pennsylvania’s 11th District. This should be a good year for Democrats, but Kanjorski may have a fight on his hands.
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Tags: · Barletta, Columbia, Congress, Hazleton, illegal immigrants, Immigration, Pennsylvania
A Look at PA’s 11th District, Where Immigration is a Big Issue
July 18th, 2008 · No Comments
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In Pennsylvania’s 11th district, Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-Nanticoke) faces a serious challenge from Mayor Lou Barletta (R-Hazleton), who has earned a reputation as a crusader against illegal immigration since the Kanjorski last faced him in 2002.
The map above shows a few points of interest in the 11th, including major cities, historical landmarks […]
Tags: · Barletta, Columbia, Hazleton, illegal immigrants, immigrants, Immigration, Kanjorski, Pennsylvania
Oral History of Pa. Mining Town at Center of Illegal Immigration Conflict
June 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Over the past several years, Hazleton, Pa., has attracted thousands of Hispanic immigrants, most of them from the Dominican Republic. This influx lead to conflict over illegal immigration in 2006 and 2007, thrusting Mayor Lou Barletta into the national news. This year, Barletta is running for Congress, his campaign based largely on that issue. “I […]
Tags: · Barletta, Columbia, Hazleton, illegal immigrants, immigrants, Immigration, mining, Pennsylvania
Penn. Mayor Hopes to Take Illegal Immigration Issue to Congress
June 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I’m off to Hazleton, Penn., today to follow Mayor Lou Barletta’s run for Congress and look at the impact of illegal immigration on his town and his district. Hazleton is a small city (pop. about 30,000) in Northeast Pennsylvania’s anthracite region. Its economy was once based on coal, but in recent decades the city has […]
Tags: · Barletta, Columbia, Hazleton, illegal immigrants, Immigration, Kanjorski, Pennsylvania