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Or, at least, he supports Congressional candidates who have a long and documented record of hiring illegal immigrants. Lou Barletta has publicly endorsed Dan Meuser in the 10th Congressional District’s Republican primary. This really wouldn’t be all that newsworthy if it weren’t for the fact that the company Meuser owns, Pride Mobility, INC, didn’t have a fairly dubious past in terms of immigrant labor violations.

Meuser, Barletta’s candidate of choice in the race, owns Pride Mobility, INC. That company has been fined $41,000 for hiring illegal immigrants. The company later reached a settlement with the government and agreed to pay a $23,000 fine. This is who Lou Barletta, “Small Town Defender”, is endorsing for Congress? Really?

Meuser’s opponent in the primary, Chris Hackett, has admitted to hiring an illegal immigrant to serve as an assistant housekeeper. Hackett hired and paid the woman, but withheld no social security or payroll taxes. While Federal authorities say Hackett broke no laws, under Barletta’s proposed immigration policies, Hackett would have faced a fine.

On the one hand, Lou Barletta has gained national media attention for trying to pass some of the toughest immigration laws in the country. On the other, Lou Barletta publicly supports candidates who have a track record of violating existing Federal immigration labor laws. I’m not the smartest person in the world, but I would say that this is what’s known as hypocrisy. The following is a quote from Lou Barletta’s Small Town Defenders website…

“And to illegal immigrants and those who would hire or abet them in any way, I say your time is up. You are no longer welcome.“

The only issue, the only issue, Lou Barletta is running on is illegal immigration. Do a Google search for “Lou Barletta”. The only results that will come back, and there are pages of them, are all related to the issue of illegal immigration. Barletta even runs a website, Small Town Defenders, which is dedicated to fighting illegal immigration. All of this, and then he comes out in full support of a man who runs a company that has a track record of ignoring Federal labor laws by hiring undocumented workers. Obviously, Lou Barletta should not be elected to the US Congress.

-Dan Cheek
www.StopLouBarletta.com
StopLouBarletta@gmail.com

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