Word: lawsuits
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...lawsuit says that the city overstepped its bounds in trying to control immigrants, which should be a solely federal responsibility. It also states that the ordinance singles out Spanish-speaking Latinos, who make up the overwhelming majority of the city's recent immigrants. The mayor argues that illegal immigrants drain city resources, even for minor items such as police responding to a noise complaint, and cost taxpayers money in the form of additional strain on schools and hospitals. But he says illegal immigrants bring much more serious trouble, such as drug dealing and even murder. As an example, he points...
...ruse, guise device or means, however indirect." "We believe it is too difficult to expect business owners to start checking IDs before they sell a soda" said Espinal, who moved to Hazleton in 2001 and is now a real estate agent and tax preparer and a plaintiff in the lawsuit. The Dominican immigrant, who has lived in the U.S. since 1988, says he doesn't feel personally targeted by the ordinance, but it is clear that the requirement would fall more directly on Hispanics. "If you look a certain way, you're going to get asked...
...critics say, is an old rural coal mining town, which had been 90% or more white, unable to come to grips with its new demographics."It becomes discriminatory in effect, if not in intent," said David Vaida, an attorney from nearby Allentown who is a local counsel on the lawsuit. "I'm not willing to tar anybody who is in favor of this as a racist, but what I do know is that the effect is going to be racist...
...finished and be able to face any accusations openly. "This is just another thing the public will judge me by," he says of the latest reports. "I have no idea what these reports are talking about." He says he believes he acted appropriately that day, and has filed a lawsuit for defamation against Congressman John Murtha, who claimed last May that Marines had "killed in cold blood" in Haditha. No Marines who were in Haditha have yet been charged with a crime, and no Marine has been detained...
...program, dealing a third judicial blow to the President's claim of expansive war powers. The opinion comes two months after the Supreme Court rejected the Administration's version of "due process lite" for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, and a month after a San Francisco judge allowed a lawsuit against AT&T for allegedly collaborating in the eavesdropping program...