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==Immigration debate== In July 2006, a controversial ordinance was passed by the township committee trying to handle the large number of unauthorized immigrants, primarily from [[Brazil]], that had moved into the township. The ordinance stated that employers who hired an [[illegal immigrant]] and landlords who rented to them would be fined $1,000 - $2,000 per incident and could possibly lose their business license. In response to the ordinance, several civil groups including the [[American Civil Liberties Union|ACLU]] and [[People for the American Way]] took or contemplated legal actions against the ordinance.<ref>[http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060727/NEWS01/607270396/1006 "Riverside OKs illegal aliens measure"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', July 27, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060921/NEWS01/609210399/1006 "Riverside threatened with suit"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', September 21, 2006.</ref> In August 2007, the ordinance was repealed, and some have speculated that the exodus of over 1,000 immigrants from Riverside to other New Jersey townships was a major factor.<ref>Panaritis, Maria and Wood, Sam. [http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20070823_N_J__town_to_repeal_its_immigrant_laws.html "Riverside to repeal immigrant laws: After an exodus of Brazilian residents, officials plan to end penalties sought for hiring and housing those here illegally."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', August 23, 2007. Accessed August 23, 2007.</ref> The ordinance repealing the law cited the high cost of defending it against further legal challenges.<ref>Hurdle, Jon. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-idUSN1844508020070918?sp=true "New Jersey town scraps law on illegal immigration"], [[Reuters]], September 18, 2007. Accessed August 9, 2013. "Riverside Township's decision to scrap the law, agreed late on Monday, represents the first time that a municipality planning such a measure has backed down in the face of a lawsuit, said Omar Jadwat, an attorney with the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project.... In Riverside, about 10 miles northeast of Philadelphia, an ordinance rescinding the law cited high legal costs and the defeat of the Hazleton law for its decision to repeal."</ref>
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