BY DAVE PARRO
A federal judge's ruling Thursday that struck down an anti-illegal immigration law in Hazleton, Pa., illustrates just how urgent an issue reform should be at the federal level.
Left with no guidance from Congress, towns across the country have been struggling to figure out how they can best control at the local level the problems that come with illegal immigration. Among them are Carpentersville, which is waiting to see how the Hazleton case plays out before drafting its own law, and Waukegan, which earlier this month passed a controversial measure related to the deportation of illegal immigrant criminals.
Is this how we're going to address the immigration crisis in this country, by allowing federal judges to rule on individual cities' attempts to offer solutions when the federal government itself hasn't done anything to solve the problem?
