Court rules against Hazleton immigration law
By Ben Finley, Philadelphia Inquirer
Hazleton, Pa., has lost another round in federal court as it tries to enforce ordinances that crack down on illegal immigrants.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Friday reaffirmed its ruling that the Northeastern Pennsylvania city’s 2006 law is unconstitutional because it preempts the federal government’s jurisdiction over immigration.
The law would penalize landlords who rented to illegal immigrants, and employers who hired them. It was immediately challenged by Hispanic and other groups, and blocked in 2007 by a federal district court.
The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia, originally ruled against it 2010. In 2011, the Supreme Court ordered the Third Circuit to review Hazleton’s ordinances again after the Supreme Court upheld a similar – but narrower – law in Arizona.
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