Thread: ACLU Sues Texas Town for Not Renting to Illegals

In these United States I do not understand how someone can sue on behalf of people who are not even suppose to be on American soil. Nor for anyone who is against The Law aiding and abetting known criminals to continue to break the law by being in this country. Why is any judge in the U.S. whether State or Federal even allowing these suits to be filed?


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Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006 1:39 p.m. EST

ACLU Sues Texas Town for Not Renting to Illegals


Two civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a suburb's new law that outlaws renting to illegal immigrants, alleging the ordinance violates federal law and forces landlords to act as immigration officers.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund filed the suit on behalf of Farmers Branch residents and landlords.

The law, along with a measure that made English the official language of the city, was passed in November and is scheduled to go into effect Jan. 12.

The lawsuit claims the ordinance is so poorly drafted that it excludes even legal immigrants from renting in the city just north of Dallas.

"Immigration enforcement must be left to the federal government, not each local municipality," said Lisa Graybill, legal director of the ACLU of Texas. "Otherwise Texas will end up with a patchwork system that is impractical and unenforceable."

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Farmers Branch spokesman Tom Bryson said the city will not comment on pending litigation. City leaders had expected legal challenges like the one filed Tuesday, which is the third brought against the city since the ordinance passed.

"I don't know if there is any real expectation of what would be coming down the pipe and what wouldn't," Bryson said.

On Friday, three apartment complexes filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to halt the renter law from going into effect, saying it should be declared unconstitutional.

In November, City Council members unanimously approved having property managers or owners verify the immigration or citizenship status of apartment renters. Council members also approved resolutions making English the city's official language and allowing local authorities to become part of a federal program so they can enforce immigration laws.

In another lawsuit filed this month, a Farmers Branch resident alleged that the city's mayor repeatedly violated the state's open meetings laws to deliberate the ordinances.

Opponents of the ordinances have also submitted a petition that they hope will force a vote on the measures. If at the city verifies at least 726 of the signatures, a public vote is expected in May.


Since 1970, Farmers Branch has changed from a small, predominantly white bedroom community with a declining population to a city of almost 28,000 people, about 37 percent of them Hispanic, according to the census. It also is home to more than 80 corporate headquarters and more than 2,600 small and mid-size firms, many of them minority-owned.

More than 50 municipalities nationwide have considered, passed or rejected similar laws, but until now that trend hasn't been matched in the Lone Star State.

The ACLU is a corrupt organiztion that does NOT represent the American public or it's welfare. When is the government funding going to stop? STOP THE ACLU ~ BANISH THE ACLU ~ SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS!!!

they need to change the name of their organization
to the
anti-american civil liberties union

cuz they sure are working against the will of the american people.

im white and in a minority where i worked, when i got terminated wrongfully, they refused to look into my case and would not even talk to me

Originally Posted by jamesw62

they need to change the name of their organization
to the
anti-american civil liberties union

cuz they sure are working against the will of the american people.

im white and in a minority where i worked, when i got terminated wrongfully, they refused to look into my case and would not even talk to me

Try getting them to take your religious discrimination case if your religion happens to be Christianity. Chances are that they will never stop laughing long enough to verbalize their declining of your request.

The ACLU is as subversive an organization as exists in this country, and it is tearing the country apart at the seams without having ever fired a shot. The harm it has done is far greater than any foreign enemy has ever accomplished against us.

CrocketsGhostwrote:

The ACLU is as subversive an organization as exists in this country, and it is tearing the country apart at the seams without having ever fired a shot. The harm it has done is far greater than any foreign enemy has ever accomplished against us.

Because the foreign enemy advances to destroy from the outside toward the inside........this enemy is destroying from the inside advancing outward....extremely tradgic situation.

Sometimes I wonder which side the ACLU would have supported during WW2?