With the recent passage of the Arizona Immigration law, many states have jumped on the bandwagon of finding immigration reform. In a recent article, it is found that Nebraska is following suit. The new ordinance which will be voted on today, Monday June 21, 2010, if approved, would prohibit businesses from hiring illegal immigrants and halt landlords from renting to them. However, as our precedent shows, if this ordinance passes it will most likely be struck down and bring about many legal issues. The article highlights similar laws that have been voter approved in Pennsylvania and Texas, only to be later struck down by the courts. In 2007 it is stated by a federal judge that immigration laws should be left solely to the federal government. In Texas, 2008, it was found that a law that bars landlords from renting to illegal immigrants was unconstitutional. Nebraska’s ACLU executive director said that “it’s the federal government’s responsibility to set immigration policy and we are not well-served when communities or states try to set policy on their own.” It’s the lack of federal immigration reform that is causing states to take matters into their own hands. This is, again, a call to federal action of comprehensive immigration reform. With federal reform comes secure borders and logical and enforceable immigration policies.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/21/fremont.immigration.ballot/index.html
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The town ordinance to ban hiring or renting of property to illegal immigrants has been passed in Fremont, Nebraska. The ordinance was supported by roughly 57 percent of voters in Fremont. The ACLU has already promised to file a suit to block the ordinances enforcement.
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