Fed Court: Illegal to ban Illegals from Housing, Employment

Local US ban on hiring, housing illegal migrants struck down
Breitbart
Sept. 9, 2010

A Philadelphia federal appeals court on Thursday struck down a law that sought to punish landlords and employers of illegal immigrants.
The court said the ordinance passed by the small Pennsylvania town of Hazleton violated federal prerogatives on immigration issues.
Civil rights groups, which challenged the ordinance almost immediately after Hazleton passed it in 2006, welcomed the ruling.
The decision comes ahead of a challenge to a similar law in Arizona, which the Supreme Court will hear in December.
Thursday’s ruling found that the Hazleton ordinance effectively infringed upon policy areas that belong to the federal government.
“It appears plain that the purpose of these housing provisions is to ensure that aliens lacking legal immigration status reside somewhere other than Hazleton,” the court wrote.
“It is this power to effectively prohibit residency based on immigration status that is so clearly within the exclusive domain of the federal government.”
The American Civil Liberties Union welcomed the decision, saying it sent a strong message.
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