60 Minutes ran a piece last night about the problems the community of Hazelton Pennsylvania is facing regarding illegal immigrantion. Hats off to Hazelton Pennsylvania mayor Lou Barretta who is showing some extraordinary leadership as Mayor of Hazelton in address the illegal immigration problem in his community. Unlike other mayors like Michael Bloomberg of New York who ignore the problem of illegal immigration and even condone lawbreaking.
Mayor Barretta has the money quote about the REAL cause of the problem:
"Immigration is a job that has always been handled by the federal government. Asked why he is getting involved, Barletta tells Kroft, "Well, obviously if the federal government was doing something about it you wouldn't be here today. And I wouldn't be talking about it. "
Baretta is right on where the problems lies. But, when the Federal Government fails as it has on enforcing our immigration laws it is good to see that local governments can succeed.
2 comments:
I had a problem with tennants having to get permits to rent apartments.
There will be racial profiling and abuse.
I used to own rental property. The town does all it can to ruin small businesses and rental property owners that are not corruptly connecticut to town hall.
That was my experience with Stafford Springs Connecticut. In Enfield Connecticut the mob guys don't even have to pay taxes. They can get multi-million dollar no bid contracts.
-Steven G. Erickson a.k.a. Blogger Vikingas
Steve:
Most landlords that I know of would not rent to anyone without getting a reference or two from perspective tennants. I don't think it is too much for a town to require landlords or businesses to ask someone to prove they are in this country legally. Especially if they may be using local social services, schools, libraries etc...
As for your situation in Connecticut sounds like you need a new broom in government to clean things out there.
BCP
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