Federal Judge Says Texas Can’t Outlaw Harboring Illegal Aliens

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• Appalling, just APPALLING.

  Well, let me think on that a bit more. FTA: "David Cruz of San Antonio and Valentin Reyes of Farmers Branch, Texas, and Jonathan Ryan. . . are both landlords who do not check whether their tenants are legally in the country."

  Should it be the responsibility of a landlord to check passports and Green Cards? For that burden to be on an employer is one thing. That's rather different, I think, than an organized conspiracy to hide & shelter illegals. If you WANT to do so, as a landlord, that's fine, of course. But I'm not sure placing a burden of law enforcement on a property owner and his right to make contracts is warranted.

  • If they can run their credit, they can check citizenship. I still say the best way to get the illegals out is NOT to round them up and deport them, but jail all those who illegally support them in any way. Employers, landlords, government officials, everyone. When they have no job, no benefits, no place to live, they'll leave on their own.

  • If you can prove the landlord is KNOWINGLY doing it.... I say charge him.

• Erm... they are illegal... I-LLE-GAL... it is in the word.... they aren't supposed to be here...

  This country is aborting itself and everyone in it.

• Yes. You cannot enforce the law Texas! What were you thinking!

• Judicial misconduct?

  These activist judges (regardless of who appointed them) are part of the weaponry being utilized against us.

  My question is an open one.... wouldn't it have already been against the law to harbor illegals before the Texas law's passage? What's the point of all this? Was the law enacted for the purpose of instigating this very response?

  • http://www.americanpatrol.com/REFERENCE/AidAbetUnlawfulSec8USC1324.html. I'm confused.

    • Well, that's a Federal law which the federal government wasn't enforcing. Evidently Texas passed a STATE law which was supposed to do what the Federal law was not doing.

      • So then, how can the fed say that this law isn't valid, when it is the same as the fed law?
        I call BULLSHIT!!!

      • Are you telling me that State is more Republican than the Fed? If so, how can this be acceptable? If not then where did one misinterpret?

    • Oh me too, but my confusion is contrived... just like this supposed legal showdown.

      • See my above, it sounds like Texas passed a state law to fill in for the Federal law which was not being enforced. That's all.

• Who's the judge and who appointed him?

  • Xavier Rodriguez. G. Bush. As far as I can tell.

    • Two bad things about Bush in one day. This is my problem with the Bush family. With the Bushes, it's not about principle and what's right, it's about who you know.

      • Except for Jeb, then it's an act of love.

        • Which is exactly why I get pissed when people automatically assume that anyone who dislikes Hillary and Bernie is a big fan of Bush.