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Farmers Branch won't pursue legal battle on immigrant rental ban ruled unconstitutional

06:26 PM CDT on Monday, September 29, 2008
By FRANK TREJO and STEPHANIE SANDOVAL / The Dallas Morning News
ftrejo@dallasnews.com; ssandoval@dallasnews.com

Farmers Branch has decided to stop fighting for one of its ordinances to ban housing rentals to illegal immigrants and will instead concentrate on defending a replacement.

City officials had vowed to support the earlier measure, which a federal judge recently declared unconstitutional, to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.

But city officials said the newer measure, Ordinance 2952, is more likely to withstand legal challenges and would still carry out the will of the voters who approved the earlier one, Ordinance 2903.

“Basically,â€