Hoax Web site jabs anti-illegal immigrant U.S. town
Via Reuters UK
By Jon Hurdle
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Santa isn’t welcome in Hazleton
because he’s an illegal immigrant just like all the others the
Pennsylvania town is trying to get rid of — or so someone
would have you believe.
A new Web site, http://www.nosantaforhazleton.com, says the
town intends to keep Santa out this Christmas because he
represents the illegal immigration the town council believes
increases crime and burdens local services.
But the site is a hoax, created by someone in a bid to
satirize a local law passed in July that has attracted national
attention by imposing penalties on businesses and landlords to
deter them from hiring or renting rooms to illegal immigrants.
The U.S. Immigration Law Blog by Ashwin Sharma 