Thread: Absurdity in Farmers Branch

Absurdity in Farmers Branch


Farmers Branch, a small Texas town near Dallas, passed an ordinance imposing penalties on landlords who might rent their apartments to illegal aliens. The act included a requirement that the voters must approve it. In an exceptional turnout last Saturday, the voters did approve, 68% to 32%.

The ACLU and various parties took the Town to court, claiming that the ordinance was unconstitutional. The court ruled that the Councilmen and residents of Farmers Branch are too stupid to govern themselves, substituted its judgment for theirs, and struck the ordinance as unconstitutional.

No, that’s not the stated reason for the decision of US District Judge Sam Lindsay for issuing an injunction against the ordinance. But that is the effect of his decision. This was a “temporaryâ€

One aspect of this decision is pathetic. The court told Farmers Branch that it could not enact an ordinance solely within its own boundaries, because it was interfering with federal control of immigration. The double and obvious defects of that position are that the federal government is NOT controlling immigration now, and that the Town did not say that anyone could not be in the US, only that certain illegals could not rent apartments in that Town, no more, no less.

So then by outlawing anyone who aids and abets criminals who commit federal crimes is illegal for local governments?
You hear that thugs, as long as you participate in FEDERAL crimes you can do what you like and the local police are not allowed to touch you.