((PKG))&nbsp; HAZLETON, PA
((Banner:&nbsp; Immigration))
((Reporter:&nbsp; Aline Barros))

((Camera:&nbsp; Adam Greenbaum))
((Adapted by:&nbsp; Gabrielle Weiss))
((Map:&nbsp; Hazleton, Pennsylvania))
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((Banner:&nbsp; Hazleton, Pennsylvania has a rapidly rising Hispanic population))
((Frank DeAndrea, Former Hazleton Police Chief))
Hazleton has always been my home. I watched Hazleton transform as a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper. Fear is an ugly thing. And it doesn&rsquo;t really happen to a human being. It happens to a community where a community becomes so afraid, they can&rsquo;t move forward.
((Banner:&nbsp; Immigration is a heated issue in this year&rsquo;s Congressional race))
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I&rsquo;m a volunteer for the Republican Party and are you planning to vote on the midterms?

((Connie Cramey, Republican Candidate Supporter, Greater Hazleton Area))&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When I knock on doors, Lou Barletta gets a welcome. He supports very much my president, Donald Trump&rsquo;s agenda: law and order, and hopefully we can work to send him as a senator to Washington.
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((Connie Cramey, Republican Candidate Supporter, Greater Hazleton Area))&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, I hear a lot about immigration. I hear a lot about integration. I believe that if the Latino or Hispanic community wants to be part of the America, first of all, you&rsquo;ve got to come here legally, get the jobs, learn English. And I don&rsquo;t see that as anything as discriminatory or racist.
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((Amilcar Arroyo, Resident, Greater Hazleton Area; Publisher of El Mensajero Newspaper))&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
We have people, Latino people, and they are Republican which is not bad. I was at the beginning a Republican and believe me, I still been a Republican in my heart, with the same philosophy of the Republicans. But when the Republicans went too far to the right, that&rsquo;s no good. That&rsquo;s no good. You have to have compassion for the new people. You have to be understanding of the new people. You have to understand diversity. The society&rsquo;s changing and we can&rsquo;t forget that Hazleton was diverse 100 years ago.
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((Dorothy George, Resident, Greater Hazleton Area)) &nbsp;
Keep in mind that we have a lot of Irish, a lot of Italians, and they all, years ago, came here as immigrants and they did get along, but they each had their own section of the city.&nbsp; But eventually they learned to get along with each other, yes.&nbsp; So, I think it&rsquo;s just going to take some time.
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((Amilcar Arroyo, Resident, Greater Hazleton Area; Publisher of El Mensajero Newspaper))&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
We have to get more involved in local politics. We need to see the politics and the politicians and the elections in this area, in Hazleton.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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