[GeorgiaDawg32]

I've said it before and I'll say it again..there is no need for a fence at the border..simply make the illegals pay for medical care, pay for school, not be able to collect SS, no drivers licenses, make it illegal to rent to them, pay tax (heavy) on money sent back to mexico, i.e. deny them all the benefits they get when they come here..they'll voluntarily go back..IMHO..

[yoe]

How it works: Mex-American buys house in subdivision. Lives there short while - rents it out to the illegal who uses the house as a way station or dormitorie. Buyer has several of these homes. A sea of such houses have cropped up in south Tucson…………Also, Mex-American family buys house and rents rooms to illegal aliens – where are the developers and city planning in the mix…………….

[mewzilla]

Another point: Is there a surfeit of low-income housing in Escondido? If not, why shouldn't citizens get the first crack at it?

[patton]

Is it legal to evict someone in five days there?

Takes two months in VA.

[USNBandit]

If they pass this ordinance then the city needs to provide an office for landlords to come to vet their tennants. Otherwise this ordinance shifts an unfair burden on the landlord. Is it really the landlord's duty to enforce the immigration laws?

[gaijin]

Mexican fertility is higher than that of whites, of course! But Mexican fertility CLIMBS SUBSTANTIALLY after they cross the border.

Border crossing makes 'em horny..?

No. The births are FREE (on us), and they can put them on THE DOLE (on us). They also serve as anchors.

So basically the segment of society that detests education and sucks the public coffers dry multiplies most quickly.

A formula for DISASTER.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

"documentation of a tenant's immigration status."
Just what is that? Does any government issue this documentation?
If it issues it, it MUST issue it for ALL people regardless of the language spoken.
If this becomes a law, a property owner MUST get the documentation from ALL prospective tenants.
This is stupid and wrong because:
It is an attempt to shift the burden of enforcement from the government to someone else, complete with penalties.
It would force the property owner to find out the legal status of a prospective tenant.
There is no "document" of legal status for ALL people. Those who were born in the USA can obtain a birth certificate, which is not proof of legal status, since there is no way to correlate the birth certificate with a specific individual.
The government is not doing its job and is trying to dump its responsibility onto property owners.

[JimVT]

"Such an ordinance is likely to put landlords between a rock and a hard place"....ACLU quote!

OK....Everybody who believes that is the ACLU's primary concern....step to the front of the cantina!

[operation clinton cleanup]

In 1994, California voters passed Proposition 187 by a vote of 59 percent to 41 percent. The measure attempted to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving benefits or public services. But after two rounds of litigation in the federal courts, nearly all of its provisions were invalidated.

Why should there have even been a vote on this? Compassion is one thing, but providing services that the home country will not is asking for trouble and is not sustainable.

[newgal]

This will be easy to get around. All the landlord has to do is allow the renter to buy the property instead of renting. The seller accepts a contract for deed that the renter pays. When the renter wants to move on, the seller simply forecloses on the contract for deed and then sells the property to another renter.

[JoeFromSidney]

Note the article refers to "illegal aliens," not illegal immigrants." At last people are getting the language right.

[kellynla]

the dirty little secret in CA is that mortgage bankers are conducting business and realtors are representing & selling real estate to illegals.
money is thicker than patriotism & ethics!

[gubamyster]

ping