It's time (Riverside) township officials rescinded the ordinance aimed at immigrants that's giving the township a bad image.
What happened Sunday in Riverside is further evidence that the township's recently passed anti-immigrant ordinance is only serving to bring out the worst in some people.
And that's a shame for a quiet and quaint Delaware River community of mostly regular people just trying to live, work and raise families. Many of them are likely embarrassed that a small group of outright racists are sullying Riverside's image by waving Confederate flags or cheering that flag's appearance, as happened at a rally of mostly white people Sunday that competed with a prayer vigil held by mostly Latino people outside borough hall.
All of this ugliness comes from the township's Illegal Immigration Relief Act ordinance, adopted last month, which sets punishments for those who knowingly employ or rent housing to illegal immigrants. Violators could face $1,000 fines and other penalties. Employers could lose their license to do business in Riverside.
