Hazleton, Pa., Mayor Lou Barletta

Hazleton, Pa., a small town with big illegal immigrant problems, is the subject of professor Lori Zett’s class, “War in Hazleton: Main Street Meets the Global Village.” Little did Zett know that the town’s mayor would be offended he had no say in how things were taught in the class, which focuses on why illegal immigrants come to the United States.

In an Associated Press article, Hazleton Republican Mayor Lou Barletta said he was “surprised and bewildered how a taxpayer-funded school could offer a course without interviewing one of the main principles that the course deals with.”

Barletta, who has made it a point to target illegal immigrants in Hazleton, will be speaking with Zett in a forum sponsored by the Temple Law School Republicans this Wednesday, March 31, at 5:15 p.m. in the Moot Court Room at Temple Law School’s Klein Hall on 1719 North Broad St. To read more about how Zett reacted to Barletta taking offense to the class, click here to see the full article.