Fri 3 Nov 2006
[From Christine Brenner, Rutgers-Camden]
This link provides information about U.S. district judge’s temporary injunction against Hazelton, PA’s implementation of the Illegal Immigration Relief Act. The site also links you to the actual language of the local ordinance.
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/11/federal-judge-blocks-pennsylvania-city.php
Also, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The lawsuit charges that ICE agents illegally detained, searched and harassed Latinos solely because of their appearance — in violation of their Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights — during an extensive campaign to drive them out of the area.
http://www.splcenter.org/legal/news/article.jsp?site_area=2&aid=221