Posted by
Christopher Parisho on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 3:02:01 PM
Farmers Branch TX takes a stand and passes a local law to require the managers of rental property to verify renters are citizens or legal immigrants before leasing to them. This is an example of a local community taking action to make being an illegal in that community less desirable, yet the lawyers and courts of this country get in the way.
Apartments file suit because they start to loose money even before the law goes into effect. And as to be expected organizations such as the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claim that this law could result in “poor” families being evicted and families which are a mix of legals and illegals (they call them undocumented) being split up. They always use this pity for the poor argument and never seem to acknowledge that the people who this would effect are not in this country legally!
This law needs to be upheld. This country was founded on the principal that local municipalities had legal authority to put in place laws which the local community complied with, and if the the community feels the laws are unjust they elect new officials and have those laws changed.
In this case the apartments which loose money should advertise and attract new renters that are citizens or legal immigrants. I'm sure there are many renters who would prefer to rent from a place that does not cater to illegals. The apartments have been profiting off illegals, but now they have to comply with this law as they do other laws that govern rental property.
As for the arguments of MALDEF and the ACLU, they are part of the problem. They excuse illegal activity and even try to pull at our heart strings to get us to accept it. They even change the words used to describe the illegals as undocumented, to soften the facts and sweeten the ideas they convey in an attempt to coerce us into accepting their reasoning.
I encourage communities like Farmers Branch to continue the local efforts to discourage illegals residing and working in those communities. If laws like this are struck down or overturned, make new ones. Make it clear to the illegals they are not welcome. At the same time make it clear to legal immigrants that they are welcome and we will accept them into our communities with open arms, ready to accept them as new Americans.
For more on this issue read the AP story posted here; http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=state&id=5366203