Posted: 12:32 PM Jan 5, 2010
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Fremont Immigration Case Before Nebraska's High Court


Attorneys for an eastern Nebraska city will take their arguments to the state's high court this week in hopes of defeating a proposal to control illegal immigration.

The Nebraska Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday in an appeal filed by the city of Fremont.

The city wants to overturn a Dodge County district judge's ruling. Judge John Samson said last April that he couldn't stop a special election on a proposal to ban renting to and hiring illegal immigrants within city limits. Residents collected enough signatures to put the proposal on the ballot after the City Council rejected a similar policy.

City officials argue that they don't have authority to enact the policy and it would make the city vulnerable to costly legal challenges.


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