Landlord penalties are spelled out(Renting to Illegals)

San Diego Union ^ | 30 Sept 2006 | J. Harry Jones

[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…………….

[umgud]

We also need the Voter ID act passed at the federal level and an AZ style Prop 200.

[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.

[BunnySlippers]

I agree. And stop allowing children of illegals being immediate US citizens woukd help.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I've said it before and I'll say it again..there is no need for a fence at the border

Why don't we put a 1300-mile welcome mat alongside the border while we're at it too.

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

Build a fence and you don't have to worry about enacting the other policies, as they wouldn't be here in the first place. Duh...

[ByDesign]

"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……………."

Yup. Add into that the mortgage lenders and banks see selling mortgages to illegals as the exciting new frontier, I see the pressure for illegal housing being eased in the home sale market - which is looking for the next wave of suckers to pay the inflated prices. Flippers will most likely start targeting this market, if they havent already.

There's already a problem in the rental market with illegals renting a property, trashing it, and disapearing in the night. They will do the same with housing, but it will be worse, because good solid social security numbers with healthy credit attached will become gold in the underground, and innocent tax payers will find the new burden illegals impose on us - foreclosures.

Illegals jump at any chance to screw over gringos. They will do this with pleasure, and trash house after house after house, destroying neighborhoods and bringing gang problems and drugs and crime into every corner of the country.

[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?

[citizen]

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..

Do ALL that...and build the fence anyway. It's not just to keep the Illegals out, it's for National Security also. We are at war, you know.

Go Dawgs...Cox or Stafford today?

[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.

[Bogtrotter52]

"A sea of such houses have cropped up in south Tucson…………"

Tucson? That's a given yoe....Heck, they have the same problem on Long Island. It's literally everywhere now.

[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!

[BW2221]

It's much easier (and in the long run cheaper) to build a fence. Getting the laws you want enacted would take years. There also are security issues that a fence/wall would satisfy.

[muggs]

I'm a property manger in Ohio and I was wondering about that also.

[RavenATB]

"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.."

Well, on the whole, I'd have to agree. However, I'd also like to see the US make it a felony, punishable by a one-year mandatory minimum prison sentence, to provide an illegal with employment, and/or to any taxpayer funded service (medical, education, and the like). The US should also deny citizenship to "anchor babies," cut all tax breaks for any church that harbors and illegal, and stop all federal assistance to any state or city that designates themselves as a "haven" for illegals. I'd also like the fence, just to help cut down on drug trafficking and make it tougher for terrorist to cross.

[muggs]

Exactly.

[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.