Calif. city may bar illegal immigrants from renting

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IMO not racist just makes sense. Wonder why por illegals always play the racist card? Maybe its because they know they are wrong and fall back on that.

By Tim Gaynor

ESCONDIDO, California (Reuters) - Local authorities in this California city are set to vote on a controversial measure on Wednesday to prohibit landlords from renting to illegal immigrants, a law opponents say is racist.

The city is the latest of several from California to Pennsylvania which have passed laws in recent months to deny access to housing or jobs to illegal immigrants in their communities.
Lawmakers in Escondido, which lies about 50 miles north of the Mexican border near San Diego, provisionally passed the measure by a 3-2 margin earlier this month following a heated debate that was interrupted by shouts and catcalls.

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I maintain that nothing to do with illegal immigrants is racist. It’s nationalistic. Mexican is a nationality, not a race. Latino is a race. Illegal immigrants also come from Korea and Guatemala and Salvador and etc. As well as from the P.I. No, it’s not racist, it’s an issue of Nationalism. jt
 
Every city in America should do the same. The feds and states are either unable or unwilling to enforce our immigration laws so it is up to the cities and counties to do so.
 
Has not a Pennsylvania town (Hazelton?) done the same thing?
 
As far as I know… ys… however thye fact that its a California city is prolly why its been brought back to the surface. Gov election comming up and all.
Al_Masetti said:
Has not a Pennsylvania town (Hazelton?) done the same thing?
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Seems to my memory that Hazelton PA avoided being sued by ACLU by passing something other than a municipal ordnance.

Didn’t Hazelton pass a “resolution” that had some other legal status???
 
the law may not be racist but it is very short sighted, as would be a law preventing them from obtaining medical care. The results would be a cadre of homeless illegals, with all the burdens on the resources of a town, and all the attendant dangers, of a sizable homeless population. The results of denying medical care would be a public health crisis as untreated illnesses spread. Disease does not check a visa before entering a new host.
 
puzzleannie said:
the law may not be racist but it is very short sighted, as would be a law preventing them from obtaining medical care. The results would be a cadre of homeless illegals, with all the burdens on the resources of a town, and all the attendant dangers, of a sizable homeless population. The results of denying medical care would be a public health crisis as untreated illnesses spread. Disease does not check a visa before entering a new host.
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Not really…if all of the illegals where homeless than the INS could round them all up and deport them…see it would be easier to find the illegals then as they would have no place to hide:)
 
It is not short sighted… hopefully whole states follow suit and adopt similiar laws.
puzzleannie said:
the law may not be racist but it is very short sighted, as would be a law preventing them from obtaining medical care. The results would be a cadre of homeless illegals, with all the burdens on the resources of a town, and all the attendant dangers, of a sizable homeless population. The results of denying medical care would be a public health crisis as untreated illnesses spread. Disease does not check a visa before entering a new host.
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Karin said:
Not really…if all of the illegals where homeless than the INS could round them all up and deport them…see it would be easier to find the illegals then as they would have no place to hide:)
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I’m not sure that this law will pass legal challenges as similarly minded tactics have been used by law enforcement in various states and have failed. But, assuming that it does, how much more effective will apartment managers be in determining the legal status of prospective tenants than employers have in determining the legal status of prospective employees? Seems like all they need is to use the same documents. And, do they use profiling as a method of increasing efficiency?
 
Lance said:
Every city in America should do the same. The feds and states are either unable or unwilling to enforce our immigration laws so it is up to the cities and counties to do so.
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I think they are unwilling–politically. A politician of either party will do anything to get another vote. The whole purpose is power, the electorate be darned.
 
enforce our immigration laws so it is up to the cities and counties to do so
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In this case, it appears that the cities are MAKING Immigration laws and policy for which the only the federal government has authority.
 
Ituyu said:
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In this case, it appears that the cities are MAKING Immigration laws and policy for which the only the federal government has authority.

The Federal Government has authority in determining owner/renter laws? I don’t think so. A state or city can certainly make those sorts of decisions. They aren’t making an immigration law…the people they are renting to are already here.
 
The Federal Government has authority in determining owner/renter laws? I don’t think so. A state or city can certainly make those sorts of decisions. They aren’t making an immigration law…the people they are renting to are already here.
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Similar tactics have been employed by different law enforcement agencies in different states with the same parameters you describe, they all failed because they were making laws directed at “immigrants”. “Illegal” immigrants are still “immigrants” and thus fall under the auspices of Federal law not local law.
 
the easiest thing…rent to the ilelgals and then call INS and report them:D I mean you know where they live
 
Karin said:
the easiest thing…rent to the ilelgals and then call INS and report them:D I mean you know where they live

Why would a landlord want to cut his own throat by ridding himself of a good tenant? Besides, under current Unfair Housing Laws, he would be subject to fines and jail if he were to discriminate.
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Karin said:
Not really…if all of the illegals where homeless than the INS could round them all up and deport them…see it would be easier to find the illegals then as they would have no place to hide:)
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Yes, it is short-sighted. You can watch food prices rise dramatically if you deport all the illegal immigrants. Farming is the largest industry in California, and the cheap labor brings many parts of America food for relatively little money. I’m not saying it is wrong to pay more for food, but don’t expect the cost of food to stay down if the major workforce of the California Central Coast is deported.

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