Hazleton Ordinances Do Not Infringe on Federal Authority Over Immigration Policy, Says FAIR

Carolyn Hileman* | March 13, 2007

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), together with its auxiliary organization, the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), vigorously reject the legal challenges brought by the ACLU that ordinances enacted by the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, usurp the federal governments exclusive authority of immigration policy. The city’s Illegal Immigration Relief Act, adopted last year, regulates commercial activity within Hazleton, a prerogative guaranteed to state and local governments under the tenth amendment. The trial begins today in federal court in Scranton. Under the Illegal Immigration Relief Act, Hazleton requires local employers and landlords to verify that the people they hire or rent to are legal U.S. residents. These local policies are no different than countless others that Hazleton and every other local jurisdiction institute and enforce to ensure that businesses operate in a manner consistent with the public interest.

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