The town of Hazelton, PA passed a law imposing fines on businesses and individuals employing/renting to/otherwise transacting business with ILLEGAL (undocumented for you PC'ers out there) immigrants. Said ILLEGAL immigrants employed the ACLU and filed a lawsuit with the argument (as I understand it) of immigration policy being the federal government's jurisdiction and local governments can't be mean and actually try to enforce laws designed to reduce the ILLEGAL practice of entering this country.
{Disregarding the peripheral arguments about crime and jobs and how they are trying to improve their lives} Should local governments be able to enact and ENFORCE laws to curttail ILLEGAL activities when the federal government falls down on the job?
As I have said in other answers on this topic- Does the immigration system need work? Yes.
2007-03-22 10:15:34 · 3 answers · asked by Common Sense 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The Constitution says Hazleton was in the wrong, hence the ACLU's involvement.
If you want local governments to enact immigration laws, then petition to have the Constitution amended. Yes, the immigration system needs work--however throwing the Constitution aside because it gets in the way of quick-fixes is a poor solution
2007-03-23 08:27:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the immigration system needs to work and federal government needs to work with local government...I live 5 miles away from Hazleton, PA and our area has increased in crime since illegals have infiltrated our area. It is sickening to see what has happened to our town. 10 years ago our town was a nice place to raise your children now there are just certain areas in town lifelong residents can't go because they are threatened. There were just two incidents last thursday and friday of a group of hispanics ganging up on 1 white person and severely beating them. This is not right and the government needs to stop trying to say immigration is not a problem because I have seen it with my own two eyes and Hazleton has a big problem now!
2007-03-26 09:14:44 · answer #2 · answered by jcgrier24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Immigration system does need work.
2007-03-22 19:42:42 · answer #3 · answered by Peter Pumpkin Eater 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋