After you’ve finished reading the stories about the live sex acts on the OSU campus and whether or not violent felons who instill terror by burning things they don’t like should be called “terrorists” we commend to you this story out of Texas.
A federal judge there has determined that the FEDS are the only ones who can determine if a person is in this country illegally. The case is from Farmers Branch, TX in the case of the new law which requires landlords to rent only to legal residents.
Only the federal government can determine whether a person is in the United States legally, wrote U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay.
Instead of deferring to federal officials, Farmers Branch has created its own classification to determine which noncitizens may rent an apartment, the judge ruled.
Lindsay also wrote that the city appeared to have used federal regulations on housing benefits for noncitizens to define who may rent an apartment in the city.
“The court recognizes that illegal immigration is a major problem in this country, and one who asserts otherwise ignores reality,” Lindsay wrote. “The court also fully understands the frustration of cities attempting to address a national problem that the federal government should handle; however, such frustration, no matter how great, cannot serve as a basis to pass an ordinance that conflicts with federal law.”