Two cities diverge on immigration - New Haven and Hazleton

“New Haven and Hazleton, Pa., two Northeastern cities led by descendants of Italian immigrants, are just 200 miles from each other on a map. But they are worlds apart when it comes to dealing with illegal immigration.

New Haven“s John DeStefano, a Democrat, has embraced illegal immigrants as an important part of New Haven“s economic and social fabric. The city of 125,000 already prohibits police from asking about their immigration status.

How did two Northeastern cities wind up on opposite sides of the issue? One main reason given is that New Haven, the home of Yale University, has a long and rich history of liberal politics, unlike Hazleton, a conservative city in the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania, 95 miles from Philadelphia.”

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