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...immigrants from coming to town. An ordinance will go into effect this week in Vista, Calif.--a San Diego suburb--that requires employers to register with the city before using day laborers, many of whom are illegal immigrants. They must also report whom they hire. The coal town of Hazleton, Pa. (pop. 31,000), is preparing to carry out the nation's toughest illegal-immigration law, passed two weeks ago. Hazleton's new regulations mandate fines for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants and landlords who knowingly rent to them. "Our quality of life is at stake...
Those cities include Avon Park, Fla., a Citrus Belt community of 8,500 that may pass legislation similar to Hazleton's this week. Kennewick, Wash., will consider an illegal-immigration ordinance this week too. "The government's not doing enough," says Kennewick councilman Bob Parks, the measure's sponsor, who points to Barletta as his inspiration. "I thought, If this mayor has the guts to do this, I'm going to follow suit...
Perhaps the soul searching in the towns of Hazleton and Shenandoah is one of them. The man knows his vow of poverty, his itinerant ways and his Jesus robes have provoked some quiet scorn and loud questions. But he is determined to channel this curiosity into introspection. Even the name he gives is a question: "What's Your Name?" It is, he says, the question Moses asked God at the burning bush. He says he wants people to reflect on "the deep mystery of [God's] name and the union between his name and our names." Personal queries are parried...
When Joseph first arrived in Hazleton, the Rev. Gerard Angelo, pastor of the National Shrine of the Sacred Heart, asked to see him and was persuaded of Joseph's sincerity. "I wanted to make sure he wasn't a nut," says Angelo, whose shrine draws 100,000 pilgrims a year. He says he checked out Joseph's background but is keeping mum to maintain the preacher's mystique. He says, however, that the bishop has given his blessing...
...women approve the plan. But while Dow offered to cough up the green, it refused to admit its breast-enhancing product causes disease. "We still believe very strongly that the scientific evidence shows there's no connection between breast implants and medical conditions," said Dow Corning CEO Richard Hazleton. A trial, slated to begin later this month, will attempt to determine if the implants are linked to any illnesses...