Pennsylvania town poised for crackdown on illegal immigrants

“With tensions rising and its police department and municipal budget stretched thin, this northeastern Pennsylvania town is about to begin what the mayor calls one of the toughest crackdowns on illegal immigrants in the United States.

“Illegal immigrants are destroying the city,” said Republican Mayor Lou Barletta. “I don’t want them here, period.”

Last week Barletta introduced, and the City Council tentatively approved, a measure that would revoke the business licenses of companies that employ illegal immigrants; impose $1,000 fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants; and make English the city’s official language.”

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