Thread: Federal judge rejects most of Nebraska city's illegal immigration ordinance

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OSH FUNK Associated Press
First Posted: February 20, 2012 - 4:32 pm
Last Updated: February 20, 2012 - 4:32 pm

OMAHA, Neb. — A federal judge has thrown out most of Fremont's controversial ordinance that sought to ban hiring or renting to illegal immigrants.

Shirley Mora James, an attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, says the judge effectively gutted the ordinance.

U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp issued her ruling Monday in a lawsuit the Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund and American Civil Liberties Union filed challenging the 2010 ordinance.

Lincoln attorney Shirley Mora James, who worked with MALDEF, says the judge effectively gutted the ordinance. The law has been on hold while the lawsuits were decided.

The Fremont ordinance was approved by voters in the eastern Nebraska city of 25,000. It would've required employers to check whether a person is permitted to work in the U.S. And anyone seeking to rent property would have had to apply for a $5 city permit.

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