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SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - The city of Hazleton tried to "scapegoat and demonize illegal immigrants," blaming them for crime, overburdened schools and other problems, an ACLU lawyer said Thursday at the close of a federal trial over the town's illegal-immigration crackdown.
"To lay the problems at the feet of undocumented immigrants is unfair," said Witold "Vic" Walczak, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania.
The ACLU sued Hazleton to try to overturn new city rules that target landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and businesses that employ them. U.S. District Judge James Munley will likely take months to decide whether the crackdown is reasonable.
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