This event already happened. Coverage of the event can be found at my entry "Loyalty Day Immigration Enforcement Rally - Hazleton, PA" --- I will be speaking in Hazleton, Pennsylvania - the heart of small town America's fight against illegal
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Joey Vento of Geno's Steaks - famous for his "Please Speak English" signs - debated Geraldo Rivera of Fox News in Philadelphia on April 26, 2008. The debate was hosted by The Big Talker 1210 AM WPHT in Philadelphia and
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Lou Barletta, the Hazleton, Pennsylvania Mayor who has been fighting for all Americans and small towns across this country when it comes to illegal immigration, needs your help. What I want you to do is go sign-up at his website
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The city council of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is attempting to squelch the free speech rights of groups in the area by imposing what amounts to a free speech tax. The free speech tax will be in excess of $1,000 for the
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Well I am absolutely stunned. After wondering for months about how serious Romney was on tackling illegal immigration and the strange endorsement of Tom Tancredo after dropping out of the race, Romney has issues the coup de grace. Mitt Romney
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The pro-immigration enforcement group Voice of the People announced at a press conference that they will be holding a rally at the Alamo on July 4, 2008. The announcement was made yesterday at a press conference held at the
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Few people in America have the absolute popularity of Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta - and even fewer politicians. Since taking a stand for the people he represents in this city in Pennsylvania over the issue of illegal immigration, Barletta has
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Vicente Fox, I'm sure, didn't expect a hundred or so people to show up protesting his presence in America giving speeches, but that's just what he got last night as patriotic Americans flooded the street across from the FM
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I will be speaking at the Ramada in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, just outside of Hazleton, tomorrow night, November 5, 2007 at the Voice of the People rally against former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox. Vicente Fox is in town promoting his
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The movie Border by director Chris Burgard will make its Hazleton, Pennsylvania debut on October. 24, 2007 at the Cinema & Draft House. The movie is being brought to this city that has become the centerpoint for local enforcement of
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I attended the Berks County GOP Fall Newsmaker Dinner featuring Mayor Lou Barletta of Hazleton, Pennsylvania last night, October 16, 2007. As I've already mentioned I managed to actually sit down and interview Mayor Lou Barletta whom I was lucky
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I had the pleasure to interview Mayor Lou Barletta of Hazleton, Pennsylvania tonight, October 16, 2007. Ruth and I were attending a Republican candidate dinner we had been invited to and to which I had reluctantly gone to. The
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Jackie Shogan is running for Superior Court in Pennsylvania and gave a speech last night at the Berks County GOP dinner in Reading, Pennsylvania. Her speech is below along with other video from the event. Of particular note is the
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It was a cloudy day yesterday as I attended an immigration rally in Freeland, Pennsylvania put on by Voice of the People. This would also be the first time that I made a public speech, so I was raring to
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In an expected result, at least to me, US District Judge James Munley ruled against the city of Hazleton's Illegal Immigration Relief Act in the case of Lozano v. City of Hazleton. The case was over the constitutionality of an
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There was a rally held in Hazleton, Pennsylvania on Sunday June 3, 2007 and it was attended by nearly 2,000 people supporting not only Hazleton, but Mayor Lou Barletta and opposing illegal immigration and the Senate's amnesty bill. The rally
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The Mayor of Hazleton, Pennsylvania Lou Barletta has won the nomination of both parties for a third term. Barletta has been a lightning rod in the illegal immigration debate and in my opinion a man of great courage for doing
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On May 2, 2007 at 8PM Lou Dobbs did a live special called Broken Borders from Penn State Hazleton, the heart of the debate on towns and cities locally enforcing immigration laws. I have reported extensively on Hazleton, Pennsylvania and
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Try to catch the live Lou Dobbs town hall meeting from Hazleton tonight at 8PM EST on CNN. If you need a little background on Hazleton check out my Hazleton archive where I covered the case from day to day
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With the public attention to the Hazleton, Pennsylvania trial over its Illegal Immigration Relief Act, usually judges stay quiet on the issues before the courts. Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Correale F. Stevens though came forth in a rare act to
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The case against Hazleton, Pennsylvania headed to closing arguments on day 9 in Lozano v. City of Hazleton. If you haven't been following the trial you can read all of my daily recaps of the case, the players and testimony
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On the day of the closing of the case of Lozano v. City of Hazleton against the Illegal Immigration Relief Act, the true nature of crime increase in Hazleton, Pennsylvania reared its ugly head. A group of Hispanic teens, who
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The Hazleton Illegal Immigration Relief Act once again got a small facelift after day 7 in the Lozano v. City of Hazleton case brought by the ACLU, Puerto Rican Defense and Education Fund and illegal aliens on the constitutionality of
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Citizens rallied outside the William J. Nealon Federal Building calling on congress to secure the border in Scranton, Pennsylvania earlier this week. Lozano v. City of Hazleton opened for day 7 in the case. The case is whether the city
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Harvard economist, Professor George Borjas, took the stand in day 6 of the trial against Hazleton, Pennsylvania's Illegal Immigration Relief Act. In his testimony he stated that based upon his national research on the issue of illegal immigration, wages in
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Hazleton, Pennsylvania remains in the national spotlight as it fends off the ACLU, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund and illegal aliens and their supporters. The case entitled Lozano v. City of Hazleton, was brought against the city on
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The case brought against Hazleton, Pennsylvania for its Illegal Immigration Relief Act - which fines landlords and yanks business licenses of those who rent to and hire illegal aliens - opened on day 4 and the underlying question on whether
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Mayor Lou Barletta took the stand as a hostile witness for the plaintiffs in day 3 of the case against Hazleton, Pennsylvania's Illegal Immigration Relief Act (IIRA). The act - which punishes businesses who hire and landlord who rent to
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The second day in the case against Hazleton, Pennsylvania's Illegal Immigration Relief Act (IIRA) was combative and hostile. Plaintiff's attorney Tom Wilkinson - one of 25 attorney's representing the plaintiffs consisting of the ACLU, Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund and
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The trial against Hazleton, Pennsylvania's Illegal Immigration Relief Act (IIRA) brought by supporters of illegal aliens, the ACLU, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund and supported by the US Chamber of Commerce and US Council of Catholic Bishops started
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