Essay 812

Irritation with immigration in a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• The city of Hazleton in Pennsylvania passed a tough law to battle illegal immigration. The law will deny business licenses to anyone hiring illegal immigrants, slap $1,000 fines on landlords renting to illegal immigrants and mandate English-only city documents. “The illegal citizens, I would recommend they leave,” proclaimed Mayor Lou Barletta (pictured above), who wore a bulletproof vest to the voting meeting. In all the demonstrations to date, packed with hundreds of thousands of people, has anyone even come close to firing a gun?

• The head honcho at the Army National Guard announced they’ll meet the August deadline for assigning troops along the border. Rumors and reports claimed the obligation would not be met, but the guard chief said, “That number [of troops] will grow to up to 6,000 by the first of August, as promised.” Unless they need to be deployed to protect the mayor of Hazleton, Pennsylvania.