A Florida Mayor Turns to an Immigration Curb to Fix a Fading City - New York Times

“Tom Macklin, the mayor of this faded city deep in Florida’s citrus belt, heard the idea on talk radio and latched on with relish.

A city up north, Hazleton, Pa., planned to root out and punish landlords who rented to illegal immigrants, fining them $1,000 for every such tenant. Mr. Macklin, whose own small city has swelled with immigrants from Mexico, Haiti and Jamaica over the past decade, swiftly proposed the same for Avon Park.”

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