Hazleton, PA Mayor Lou Barletta: immigrant laws

[MusicJew158]

My mother lived in this town for quite a bit during her childhood...Does it have anything going for it?

[hollayoungin888]

fuck nigga



[lamaquina570]

is funny how ignorant people including the mayor only refer to Latino as illegal immigrant and only attack Hispanic ...

[70goldtop]

@lamaquina570 I didn't hear him mention latino once.So far,100% of the illegals arrested in Hazleton were hispanic so you have no argument

[lamaquina570]

@70goldtop no he didnt but i used to live in Hazleton and even when a Hispanic fart youll see In the front page OF THE NEWS PAPER.. and you are right 100% were hispanic you know why?, CUZ THEY WERE ONLY LOOKING FOR HISPANICS PERIOD..

[70goldtop]

@lamaquina570 The price you pay for coming here illegally.If you're singled out because you're hispanic,oh well.The police have every legal right to keep a closer eye on latinos because so many are illegals.It's common sense.I can't believe people like you have the nerve to cry about it.I don't care if hispanics are on the front page of the paper everyday.It just tells me the police are doing their job.If I went to Mexico illegally I would expect the same treatment.Don't like it,go back

[lamaquina570]

@70goldtop 1st im an American because i was born at the Bronx 2nd this country belong to the native American not to white people you guys came from all over the place and now r trying to take over something that is not yours but what can i say just DEAL WITH IT cuz you r an ignorant human thatz why i wont even argue if you and for the record im a Cop from Scranton thatz why i moved from hazleton ..God Bless you and your family ..bye

[smokine2001]

@lamaquina570 good get all the hispanics PERIOD and get out of our dam country

[lamaquina570]

@smokine2001 why dont you take us out of here and this is AMERICA this is everyones country as long as you legal in america and i have a question for you, are you native american? cuz if u r not shut your face pls..and another thing God create earth and he put us in it so is a free for all baby deal with it ..lol

[BoRN2theIRON]

The laws apply to everyone. Arrest and deport the motherfuckers. Make them serve huge sentence for their crimes and when their done send them back where they fucking came from. If they try to come back again Arrest them again. Build more and bigger prisons. The justice system needs to be really harsh in dealing with them. If they know they arent gonna get away with every fucking thing when they come here, they wont wanna be here. if someone is illegal the penalties should be triple.

[BoRN2theIRON]

Cont.. Cops need to start arresting them when they commit crime. There are shootings down town all the time that dont even make the paper. Thats pathetic. Not to mention the drug problem. We should have more police patrolling all over the city. Badass cops! Cops that will fuck these people up. These people can shoot and kill a person and go back to their banna grove and never be found but,as a citizen if you kill in self defence in most cases you are facing a murder charge.Somethings wrong.

[BoRN2theIRON]

I remember a time when someone getting stabbed or shot down town was unheard of. As a child I walked the streets downtown with my parents after dark had hot dogs at coney island and was safe for normal familes to live. We used to leave our doors and windows open all day in the summer. Try that now!!! Hazleton is now a slum for gangs immigrants and whatever trash from the surrounding cities. These are not good honest people comeing here for a better life.Theyr illegal immigrants n criminals.

[VannilaAnnabella16]

HAZELTON IS THE SHITTEST TOWN I HATE IT

[MusicJew158]

Yeah it's great how you guys are attacking the "other". Keep that shit up. I have some family from Hazleton but this is fucking bullshit.

[KenMacMillan]

Illegal immigration should be a felony in Pa.

[utubecenseorstruth]

i fail to see how anyone can support the illegal vermin and not be considered a traitor to this country. Illegals and theri anchor babies are leeches on this country regardless of race. COme here legally or dont come.

You are not wanted, needed or welcome,,,GET OUT. Americans are starting to wake up and more and more are waking up.

[TheAryam1]

What jobs do illegal immigrants steal? Fruit picking,roofing,maids, and gardening. Well if that is what you strive to be in life then yea illegals steal your jobs. common people be real!

[eflint1]

Why should these small cities be required to educate their children, give then assistance, birth their babies? Doing dirty jobs is one thing. Having to use tax dollars on them is another. YOU get real!

[TheAryam1]

we just need to pick a better goverment and not let WALL STREET makes us fight with each other. LOVE! read ECONOMIC HIT MAN!

[TheAryam1]

wow ...reading some of the commets really show how much knowledge of the situation people really have or how things come to be. when someone immigrates is to find a better quality of life, what do u expect for ALL immigrants to be upper class people. also if my country would stop bleeding to death these 3rd world countrys, people would be happy where they at and wouldn't have to sacrife leaving their families, and culture to look for a better life.

[goldendoomer]

if 20+ million Americans crossed the border illegally to mexico, they or any other country would call it an "invasion". when you oppose this kind of thing in America, the liberals call you a racist. don't be afraid to speak your mind folks...CNN doesn't have a camera in every room nor do they have the right to impose their thoughts and values every day of the week on you. Go to Work and Voice Your Opinion! if your co-workers oppose you, ask why. i'd bet they can't answer intelligently....

[omgitsmc]

what gets me is that the ppl who hire these so called illgeal immagarants profit and use and abuse them turn around fire them and then hire some others why arent the ppl who hire them in jail or punished ..because its the white man way of using ppl for his benifit and then disregaring them and exploding them ppl wake up were all human and all want to see r children grow and see our granchildren,,,,wheres the love .......

[eflint1]

"The white man way...." Oh shut up!! My wife is from Mexico. I know Mexico. People are exploited by the MILLIONS in Latin countries. What about Africa, Asia?? PLEASE stop your lying sermon. Where's the love? Where's the love of AMERICA?? If you want to live in America, you've got to LOVE America and RENOUNCE your Mexican loyalty. You'll always have some Mexican culture in your HOME. I know that. But you have to be an AMERICAN first and a Mexican second.

[serpadms]

"The jurors are sending the message that you can brutally beat a person, without regard to their life, and get away with it, continue with your life uninterrupted"

SO what the Mayor is saying is that illegal people don't pay taxes and that the causes all the problems in the city is because of illegal immigrants.

He is so full of Sh!!!t.....

Justice for Luis Ramirez and his wife and two children.

[eflint1]

The mayor is right. WHY would we want our towns to end up like Mexico, or East L.A.? If your not coming here to become AMERICAN, then stay out. If you want to renounce your Mexican citizenship (not culture in the home) and become loyal ONLY to America, then you are welcome.

[instantword]

Just look at what the illegals have done to California. It's broke, and most towns look like trash barrios. LA is a joke. Get the illegals out now.

[twins251]

amen

[mrluke13]

quit giving me the same story of .."i dont want to hurt the feelings of those in line in other countries"...when you people lash out against them as well by being anti-immigrant for example: "dont wave your flags here, learn english, drop your customs and traditions and learn our culture"...etc etc.

these things have nothing to do with illegal immigration...but has to do with people being different. it is your side spitting this venom. quit calling me things and quit saying i think i think!!

[prplhayes06]

I'm sorry, but every illegal immigrant is absolutely a criminal. If you had half an ounce of intellect you would know that Title 8 Section 1325 of the US Code clearly states that any citizen of any other country that "enters of attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers has committed a crime."

[mrluke13]

only a heartless brutal evil satanic minded hater of people like you....would include a child as a criminal as hitler did in mein kampf pg 145....why do you think one and a half million children died in the holocaust? because they were exempt???....take your dementia to another planet...humans have had enough of your thinking.

[prplhayes06]

You are something else, pal. I just think that all people should be treated equally. Millions of immigrants waited in line for their turn to be admitted into the United States. Why don't illegal immigrants wait as well?

[mrluke13]

if i recall at the height of our economy we had the highest number of illegal immigrants...it wasnt until you jackasses start destroying small businesses WITH DEPORTING THESE GOOD WORKERS!!! did our economy start going down the toilet...JACKASSES!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[prplhayes06]

You couldn't be more wrong. Way to make yourself look like a fool.

[mrluke13]

interseting all you said was i think your wrong...wheres the proof ding dong!!!

[prplhayes06]

First of all, I'm interested to know what indicator you're using to determine "at the height of our economy." Second, just because there may have been a large quantity of illegal workers at this "height of the economy" does not mean that they were the cause of the "height." Correlation does not mean causation. So there's my rebuttal. Now I'd like to see YOU state some fact. Plus, have you ever considered that they were here because the times were good and that coming actually made times worse?

[mrluke13]

Indicators?

Dec 2005 is when hr4437 was introduced. Jan2006 the emplyment level was basically full employment.

since then over 500,000 undocked workers have been aprrehended and sent home....as a result, unemployment rose, businesses have gone bust, companys closing, homes foreclosed, and now government is having to bail out businesses....according to your foolishness if you have less undoc workers the

our economy improves,not the other way around,looks like we were right and u lose again.

[prplhayes06]

You still have no proof of illegal workers actually causing positive economic conditions. Nearly all economists are in agreement that what drove the US economy in the early 2000s was the housing industry. Unfortunately this resulted in massive speculation (a bubble). That, along with other factors like tax cuts contributed to the upswing (the rescue) of the early 2000 economy.

And we were deporting aliens before HR4437... Looks like you didn't prove a thing. Where's the causation?

[mrluke13]

barletta = coward

[wackymackyboy]

What a liar. Everybody pays taxes. They're unavoidable.

[prplhayes06]

They may pay sales tax but income, social security, capital gains, dividend, and other federal/state/local fees and taxes require documentation to be owed. So they do pay sales tax, but not much else. That's hardly their fair share, especially when they use our public services.

[jimj122680]

Illegal immigration is about one thing - CHEAP LABOR. It's a collusion between:

1) U.S. corporations

2) Illegal immigrants

3) U.S. politicians (paid off by corporations to make sure hiring laws aren't enforced)

This is happening because U.S. businessmen want to undercut the U.S. labor class (proletariat) & replace them with low wage workers.

WHO WINS? Illegal workers (earning FAR MORE than in Mexico) and U.S. businessmen in extra profits from cheap labor.

WHO LOSES? The U.S. working class.

[prplhayes06]

Nice Marxist lingo you threw in there, bud. Damn communist. Everything is a conspiracy orchestrated by "the corporations" to you people, isn't it?

[jimj122680]

I'm no Marxist. I'm a far right conservative, in the vein of someone like Bob Barr or Barry Goldwater.

I used the Marxist jargon to argue against illegals in a language lefties would understand.

But on the other hand, mindless Ayn Rand, Milton Freedman, Thomas Friedman "free" trade is not capitalism, it's lunacy. Understand shit-for-brains?

[prplhayes06]

I wouldn't call Bob Barr a "far right conservative." Conservatives generally favor order as well as free markets. Both Goldwater and Barr are, by most popular standards, libertarians. And, as I'm sure you're aware, Bob Barr did run as a libertarian. There's a difference between conservatism and libertarianism, Jim. And I tell ya, Jim. It makes you look like a moron when you use improper grammar.

[jimj122680]

Just because so-called "conservatives" favor "free" trade doesn't make them conserative... they are RINO's (ie. fake conservatives).

"Free" trade under the banner of the WTO, NAFTA, GATT, CAFTA, whatever is no more conservative than social welfare programs. Read Pat Buchanan's polemic writings on "free" trade and educate yourself on the matter.

[prplhayes06]

Wow. Just wow. It looks like you need the lesson, pal. I think we're on the same side of the aisle, but I'm ashamed to be even remotely connected to you and your silliness. Oh and by the way, the term RINO (Republican In Name Only) applies to socially left (or generally liberal) Republicans. Like Arnie or America's Mayor. Barr is not a Republican. So you can't call him a RINO.

[prplhayes06]

And I think you tragically broke away from the topic there, Jim. This is about illegal immigration.

And I'd just like to point out that Pat Buchanan is not a conservative in the same vein as Bob Barr or Goldwater. Patty-Boy is a distant cousin to both those two.