Posted on 06/19/2007 9:00:15 PM PDT by SmithL
DALLAS (AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch from enforcing a voter-approved law prohibiting apartment rentals to illegal immigrants until a legal challenge is resolved.
U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay had previously issued a temporary restraining order in May, blocking the law a day before it was to take effect. He issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday.
"Farmers Branch, rather than deferring to the federal government's determination of immigration status, has created its own classification scheme for determining which noncitizens may rent an apartment," Lindsay wrote.
The law would have required apartment managers to verify that renters are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants before leasing to them, with a few exceptions. Landlords would have faced fines of up to $500 for violating the measure with each day considered as a separate violation.
"Today's decision should serve as a cautionary tale for other Texas municipalities that have considered similar ordinances," said Lisa Graybill, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, which is suing the city.
Opponents of the law are preparing for a trial, said William A. Brewer III, lead counsel for three apartment complexes suing Farmers Branch. They plan to seek damages in the millions for the business they've lost since the ordinance was announced, plus legal fees, Brewer said.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
So how is an employer supposed to be able to know?
Voters did just that and some bleeding heart lib. judge decided to enforce his own brand of "justice."
If you ask me the city of Farmers Branch should withhold any/all taxes that normally would go to the Feds until said Feds do their job... they're getting tax receipts from FB citizens and they're not doing their job of enforcing the border/protecting U.S CITIZENS.
That's my soapbox rant... please drive through.
Confirmed by the Republican controlled Senate on March 11, 1998.
Thank you, Trent Lott.
Do we really need more reasons to call our representatives in Washington, D.C.?
Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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When I read the title, I thought this MUST be a Clinton appointee.....but these days, he’s probably a GW salon.
Cutting to the chase:
Yep, U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay is another corrupt Clinton scumbag.
Today's decision should serve as a cautionary tale for patriots across this country ... The federal government is your master. Submit. The will of the people does not outweigh the will of the federal government.
“If you ask me the city of Farmers Branch should withhold any/all taxes that normally would go to the Feds until said Feds do their job...”
If you ask me, the citizens of Farmers Branch should raise the Bonnie Blue and REVOLT!
This was inevitable. The Feds would declare that immigration was a federal issue, and then proceed to do nothing about it. Bush, his lapdog AG, and the Republicans are screwing us royally.
ILLEGALS: “Let dee woters deeside”.
The voters pass the ordinance 68% - 32%.
ILLEGALS: “Dee woters are racist! Help us yudge! We yust want a yob!”
consent of the governed, hah!
A peek into the future of how enforceable any of the laws of the new “comprehensive” immigration bill will be.
Until we can enforce the laws already on the books, not one more should be passed.
Those blankety-blank Norwegian illegals.
I have reached the point where I am ready to utter words I have never uttered before. Enough is enough!
Independence for Texas!
Let’s see how Washington likes it when we take our state back.
if he was denied, why Trent would be labeled a racist! And we all know Trent isn't a bigot! Ask the NAACP, or Al Sharpton!
ROTFLMAO!
I’d be a little more inclined to listen to them if they were all female Swedish nurses.
From a letter to the editor in the May 1st, 2007 Marietta Daily Journal:
Anti-immigration laws are already on the books of the country and are being enforced. Are these too harsh?
- There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools, no special ballots for election, and all government business will be conducted in our language.
- Foreigners will not have the right to vote, no matter how long they are here.
- Foreigners will never be able to hold political office.
- Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, No food stamps, No free health care, nor any other government assistance program.
- Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage.
- If foreigners do come and want to buy land that is fine, but options will be restricted. You are not allowed to own waterfront property. That property is reserved for citizens naturally born to this country.
- Foreigners may not protest; No demonstrations, no waving a foreign flag, no political organizing, no criticism of our president or his policies. If you do any of these things you will be deported.
- If you do come to this country illegally, you will be hunted down and sent straight to jail.
Harsh you say? The above laws happen to be the immigration laws of Mexico.
Is this still our country?
Trent Nott!
not where I live
The good citizens of Texas are the only ones who are constitutionally authorized to secede.
The masters are tamping a bit too tight.
‘Come and Take It!’
“Huh? The feds give employers a very valuable tool to make sure that a SSN# is actually assigned to the person trying to use it.”
I am an employer. It is very very easy to check out a potential employee these days.
1) internet
2) DOJ report
3) Merlin Information Systems(trace you back to high school)
4)SSA
There is absolutely NO excuse by employers telling us they can’t police credentials!
Welcome to Free Republic !!
This whole bunch of hooey makes me insane. If the same background checks and verifications are done for EVERYONE wanting to rent an apartment, there is no discrimination. The problem is alot of apartment complexes don’t want to do ANY background, criminal or financial checks. They want to keep their apartments occupied at whatever the cost, not pony up a nominal fee that might prevent a lease.
You come to rent an apartment and you are an illegal Hispanic or illegal Canadian..you can’t live here.
I would like to know what THREE complexes in that area have lost millions of dollars. I’d like to see what condition they are in. If an illegal rents from you, they aren’t too likely to gripe when maintenance isn’t a high priority. I’d like to see what their vacancy was prior to their law suit.
I’d like to see the ACLU take a hike.
Thank you allowing me to vent, I will now return my soap box to the closet.
we are in a tinder box on the immigration issue and sooner or later we are going read one to many stories of good Americans being harmed by illegal immigrants and the crap is going to hit the fan in a big way.
I am for an organized peaceful protest, on the same day , in all fifty state capitals. Purchase a little talk radio time (or just get them on the cheap) get the ball rolling and let’s just see if we can stop traffic in and around the capital complexes of all 50 states for a whole day. The only power our govt. has is the power we give them and we do not need a recall election to take it back.
If we could muster about 50k people per state , in every capital , all day long , on the same day I think our politicians would be mortified. It worked in TN on the state income tax issue and let’s be honest , we are conservatives and in the habit of keeping extra vacation time on the books. What better way to spend it than to stop a bill that is immoral, illegal and just plain wrong.
ping
Last time I checked when public servants are sworn in are asked to abide by the US constitution.
Didn't you get the memo? Federal judges know what is better for us. We are all too stupid to know what is the best. < /sarcasm>
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