Legal Limitation Quotes
The local government of Hazleton passed an ordinance regulating the affairs of immigrants many of whom were illegal. While dealing with immigrants has always been a Federal Responsibility, Barletta and others took the position that since the Federal Government was not doing it’s job controlling immigration, the local government could do so. The Federal Court had just ruled the Hazelton law unconstitutional and the mayor was disappointed.
This prevented a woman from leaving her husband and taking the children to another country, where she might get a divorce and custody. The Egyptian woman may get a divorce but for narrow grounds which she must prove before the court. A man can unilaterally divorce a woman and need not go before a judge or court—just file his papers.
