New Jersey Town Quiet After New Law

Dave Ercolani is glad he’s retiring and closing his hardware store. It could be tough to stay in business now that the township, not long ago teeming with recent arrivals from Brazil, has adopted one of the nation’s toughest anti-immigration laws.

The town council adopted an ordinance in July that makes it a crime for businesses to knowingly employ undocumented immigrants or for landlords to rent to them. Even though the law isn’t being enforced, its effects can be felt because of a fast loss of hundreds of residents who have left town since the law was adopted. Click here.

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