Luzerne County 4th in U.S. on Hispanic growth

Looks like the fine folks of NE Pennsylvania are getting a great chance to practice tolerance and inclusion.


Luzerne County ranks
fourth among all large counties in the United States when it comes to Hispanic population growth, a national newspaper reported on Thursday.

The county’s Hispanic population has nearly tripled since 2000, according to a USA Today story about Latinos “fanning out across the Eastern half of the USA … far from traditional immigrant strongholds.” ...
Latino leaders have said Hazleton’s adoption of the law prompted not only illegal immigrants, but many legal resident Latinos to leave the city because they felt unwelcome.

Espinal, who works as a realtor, believes that a federal judge’s ruling in July that the law is unconstitutional prompted many Latinos to return to the city.

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