Suit: Illegal immigrants shouldn’t get services

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Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* | July 25, 2008

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LEXINGTON - Three Kentuckians claim in a federal lawsuit that Lexington is a sanctuary for illegal immigrants and it breaks the law by failing to verify citizenship before providing cancer screening, pregnancy tests and other services. Observers on both sides say the lawsuit offers a unique if controversial new spin on the volatile national debate over immigration policy by attempting to use the court system to deny services to certain people rather than allow them. The three plaintiffs - who are not lawyers and filed the lawsuit themselves - made the claim Monday in U.S. District Court. They predict other cities will use it as an example for waging their own local crackdowns on services for undocumented residents.
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