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Illegal Immigration Mayor Surges Ahead in Northeast Pennsylvania Race

September 17, 2008 – 7:49 pm

Hazleton, Pa. mayor Lou Barletta’s “change” message seems to be resonating with voters in Northeastern Pennsylvania, because the Republican challenger has surged 9 points ahead of long-time incumbent Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D). A new poll, taken by Franklin & Marshall College, found Barletta ahead 44 to 35, with 21 percent undecided.
Barletta, who became known [...]

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Appeals Court Will Hear Hazleton’s Case

September 9, 2008 – 7:16 pm

The small Northeast Pennsylvania city that enacted an ordinance prohibiting businesses or landlords from doing business with illegal immigrants will have another day in court October 31, Mayor Barletta announced Monday.
The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the city’s argument, which will be argued by America’s most omnipresent immigration lawyer, Kris Kobach. The [...]

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Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 8/29

August 29, 2008 – 1:25 pm

The AP reports that tensions between immigrants and union members led to the largest immigration raid in U.S. history, in Mississippi earlier this week. ICE began investigating Howard Industries three years ago after a union members tipped them off.
The Miami Herald notes that Cuban issues are no longer as important to Miami voters as [...]

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Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 8/22

August 22, 2008 – 2:52 pm

A federal judge upheld Arizona’s Proposition 200, a 2004 law that mandates proof of citizenship for voter registration. News 21 reporters found that Latinos and other voters are often disenfranchised by Prop. 200.
Time magazine delved into Miami Latinos’ shift toward the Democrats. News 21 reporters Don Duncan and Elizabeth Mendez Berry came to the same [...]

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Immigrant Murdered by White Teens Sparks Much-Needed Conversation in Pennsylvania

August 22, 2008 – 6:27 am

Luis Ramirez, a 25-year-old Mexican immigrant, was beaten to death by four high school football players as he walked home in Shenandoah, Pa., last month. The murder shocked this town of about 5,500 in the heart of anthracite coal country, and it made national news, as immigrants’ groups protested and the FBI launched a hate-crime [...]

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Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, August 18

August 18, 2008 – 2:22 pm

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 [...]

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Should Veteran Congressman Fear Small-Town Mayor?

August 12, 2008 – 12:48 pm

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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A Look at PA’s 11th District, Where Immigration is a Big Issue

July 18, 2008 – 2:41 pm

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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 [...]

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Oral History of Pa. Mining Town at Center of Illegal Immigration Conflict

June 30, 2008 – 8:09 am

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 [...]

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Penn. Mayor Hopes to Take Illegal Immigration Issue to Congress

June 18, 2008 – 8:06 am

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 [...]

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