Pennsylvania city anti-illegal immigration laws ruling [US DC]

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Pennsylvania city anti-illegal immigration laws ruling [US DC]

July 26, 2007 01:35:00 pm

Pedro Lozano, et al. v. City of Hazleton, US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, July 26, 2007 [ruling that two anti-immigration laws passed by the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania are unconstitutional because they disrupt the federal scheme for regulating the presence and employment of immigrants in the United States as well as violate the procedural due process protections afforded to landlords, tenants, employers and employees]. Read the full memorandum and order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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