ACLU vs. Smalltown, America

From Free Constitution:

Yet another attempt to contain assertions of American sovereignty:

Civil rights campaigners have filed to sue the Pennsylvania town of Hazleton, seeking to block one of America's toughest local laws against illegal immigrants.

The suit says Hazelton's City Council violated the U.S. constitution when it passed a law denying business permits to companies that hire illegal aliens and fining landlords who rent homes to them.

The measure, which also establishes English as the town's official language, has made Hazleton a focus of the national debate on immigration. The plaintiffs say their suit is the first in the country to challenge a local immigration ordinance.

The suit was filed in federal court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania by groups including the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union. They accuse Hazleton of overstepping its authority on the federal matter of immigration and say the law discriminates against immigrants.

When cities are no longer sovereign enough to try and protect themselves, we cease to be a federal republic. And when did it become unconstitutional to discrimitate against crime?

I suppose this should be no surprise and completely expected of our tax-funded ACLU working laboriously for our non-citizens.

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