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The Cherokee Ledger-News
Today 11/03/08
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COUNTY REDOING IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE
By Carolyn Mathews
carolynmathews@ledgernews.com



Cherokee County has revamped an ordinance relating to the harboring of illegal immigrants, and will hold a special called meeting and public hearing on a new proposed ordinance at 6 p.m. Nov. 17. An ordinance outlawing the renting of homes to illegal immigrants was scheduled to take effect at the beginning of 2007, after the county commission unanimously approved it in December 2006. Enforcement of the new law was put on hold under a consent agreement after it was almost immediately challenged in court.

Commission Chairman Buzz Ahrens said the new section 18-500 ordinance is designed to “prohibit the known harboring of illegal aliens and suspend the business licenses of those who knowingly employ unauthorized illegal aliens and to promote the safety and welfare of the citizens.â€