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'''''Lozano v. Hazleton''''' was a challenge led and won by the [[ACLU]] to overturn municipal ordinances of Hazleton (a small town in the middle of [[Pennsylvania]]) that enforces federal laws against [[illegal immigration]].  The trial occurred in federal court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania during the week of March 19, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aclu.org/immigrants/discrim/27452res20061115.html|title=Anti-Immigrant Ordinances: Hazleton, Pa.|work=ACLU|language=English|accessdate=2007-08-21}}</ref>

Professor Kris Kobach, a former attorney for the [[Department of Justice]], led Hazleton's defense.

Judge James Munley  invalidated the Hazleton ordinances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aclu.org/pdfs/immigrants/hazleton_decision.pdf|title=In the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania|author=Judge Munley|format=PDF|language=English|date=2007-07-26|accessdate=2007-08-21}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.law.umkc.edu/Faculty/Profiles/Kobach/ About Kobach]
*[https://www.cis.org/articles/2004/back604.html Paper written by Kobach on Illegal Immigration]

[[Category:United States Law]]
[[Category:District Court Cases]]
[[Category:Immigration]]