World & Nation
The city of Hazleton may have overstepped its authority in passing a tough law designed to curb illegal immigration, a congressional agency has found.
July 21, 2006
A Pennsylvania town’s much-copied ordinance is put on hold so that constitutional concerns can be addressed.
Nov. 1, 2006
Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta has repeatedly cited a May 2006 slaying as the impetus for one of the nation’s strictest community crackdowns on illegal immigrants.
July 7, 2007
Plaintiffs say sending mothers and fathers home violates rights of their U.S.-born children.
Dec. 30, 2006
As more communities consider measures aimed at expelling illegal immigrants, one group files suit in hopes of stopping such laws.
Aug. 16, 2006
An illegal immigrant is subject to a policy passed after his arrival and cannot remain, justices rule, despite a job and family here.
June 23, 2006
California
The jurist, who denied a restraining order to an illegal immigrant, should have ruled on the merits of her domestic abuse case, they say.
Trial could determine the constitutionality of measures passed in Hazleton, Pa.
March 13, 2007
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Sept. 17, 2017
With oversight lacking, layers of subcontractors take advantage of a cash-based economy and those hired to help in the reconstruction.
Sept. 11, 2006