Texas Town Approves Ban On Renting to Illegal Migrants

Texas Town Approves Ban On Renting to Illegal Migrants

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Voters in this Dallas suburb Saturday overwhelmingly approved a measure banning landlords from renting to most illegal immigrants, in the first public vote on any of the more than 90 measures local governments around the country have proposed to crack down on illegal immigration.

With two-thirds of precincts reporting, the measure had 68 percent support, with 32 percent opposed. It requires apartment managers to verify that renters are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants before leasing to them, with some exceptions.

"It says especially to Congress that we're tired of the out-of-control illegal immigration problem. That if Congress doesn't do something about it, cities will," said Tim O'Hare, a City Council member who was the ordinance's lead proponent.

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More and more towns are moving in this direction,. Cities in Colorado, Arizona, just to mention a few. Hazelton Pa I think has a case pending in the court system yet it shows that local governments can and will do what the federal government will not.

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