American Civil Liberties Union attorney Witold “Vic” Walczak toyed with a riff on Charles Dickens as he launched his summation last week in the two-week trial over the Hazleton, Pa., immigration ordinance.
“Frankly, I think we have heard two tales of a city,” Walczak said of the case that pits the ACLU and a handful of Hazleton residents challenging the law’s constitutionality against city officials who claim illegal aliens are responsible for the Luzerne County community’s financial woes and rise in crime.
