Thread: KY: Prosecution of landlords worries activists, ACLU

Prosecution of landlords worries activists, ACLU
CHARGES OF HARBORING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ‘FUEL A PHOBIA’
Brandon Ortiz

Immigration activists and the ACLU are accusing the federal government of overreaching in the prosecution of two Lexington landlords who had rented to 60 illegal immigrants.

The case, possibly the first of its kind in Kentucky, potentially places landlords in the uneasy situation of being on the front lines of the U.S. crackdown on illegal immigration. It’s a task that opens the door for discrimination claims and is something landlords are not trained to do, say civil libertarians and lawyers for landlords and immigrants.

The charges, says Michael Aldridge of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, are an attempt by the federal government to intimidate landlords and immigrants.

“It fuels a phobia, it creates this feeling of discrimination in the community, and I am sure it heightens everyone’s uneasiness across the board,â€

The ACLU has no right to have the "A" in it's name, it should be changed to an "M!"
Landlords, Stut-Up, the gravy train is over. You broke the law times 60!

They are now enforcing the LAW on the Illegal's here in AZ about 10 years to late in my book. And the ACLU has lost in court and the Big businesss's that want to keep the Very Low cost workers on the JOB.
And they are now busting 8 to 10 drop houses a week in the area; where the Illegal's are kept while they try to get more money out of them for bring them into this country.

Originally Posted by BigMonkey

They are now enforcing the LAW on the Illegal's here in AZ about 10 years to late in my book. And the ACLU has lost in court and the Big businesss's that want to keep the Very Low cost workers on the JOB.
And they are now busting 8 to 10 drop houses a week in the area; where the Illegal's are kept while they try to get more money out of them for bring them into this country.

Congratulations to your state! I guess people don't care till it ruins their area. It's too bad we have to go thru it first, then act... Although CA'a Gubinator STILL doesn't get his states problems! How lame is he? Sure cut the schools and not the illegals goat path to America.... He Sucks.

Originally Posted by BigMonkey

They are now enforcing the LAW on the Illegal's here in AZ about 10 years to late in my book. And the ACLU has lost in court and the Big businesss's that want to keep the Very Low cost workers on the JOB.
And they are now busting 8 to 10 drop houses a week in the area; where the Illegal's are kept while they try to get more money out of them for bring them into this country.

Your right Big Monkey. It is 10 years too late. They are busting 8-10 drop houses a week. Imagine how many are still in operation that are undiscovered. Arizona is a prime example that it takes a full out assault if you want to fight the illegal invaders, and also just how rampant this problem is. The longer you wait, the harder it's going to be to address the problem once you decide to act.

You have to have the commitment of government, law enforecement to even have a chance of winning this battle. Unfortunately, I do not see many states right now who are willing to make that commitment.

The charges aren’t likely to hold up in court, Hash said. Harboring laws were intended to target human traffickers or employers who are trying to hide their work forces.

Who is Hash to interprete the 'intent' of harboring laws?
Harboring laws do not just apply to human trafficers or employers meaning to hide their work forces. In Flordia the Jessica Lusford Act makes it a third-degree felony to harbor a sex offender.
Harboring simply means providing shelter.

har·bored, har·bor·ing, har·bors
1. To give shelter to: harbor refugees; harbor a fugitive.
2. To provide a place, home, or habitat for: a basement that harbors a maze of pipes; streams that harbor trout and bass.
3. To entertain or nourish (a specified thought or feeling): harbor a grudge.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/harboring

But the indictment alleges that the Haddens did far more than simply rent to illegal immigrants.

According to the indictment, the Haddens knowingly hired two Mexican citizens to manage the apartments and weakened their application process to accommodate illegal immigrants. They stopped requiring credit checks, Social Security numbers, past addresses, employment history and references for applicants, ostensibly so illegal immigrants would not be rejected for apartments.

Laws vary between states but aren't all landlords required to check the sex-offender registry and if they rent to a sex-offender, notify the neighborhood? If the Haddens failed to check other background, they probably failed to check sex-offender registries too possibly endangering the entire neighborhood.

"Evil unchecked grows. Evil tolerated poisons the whole system."
Jawaharlal Nehru

"Applications were translated into Spanish. And after Kentucky Utilities started requiring Social Security numbers to obtain electrical service, the apartment complexes opened accounts in their names and distributed the billing statements to tenants."

I think this is where the money laundering comes it. This could be very serious.

It's called aiding and abetting illegal aliens and activity!! and it is against the law as stated in the " 1996 immigration Nationality Act" so get over it ACLU.