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A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction this week against a Texas city ordinance that made it unlawful to rent housing to illegal immigrants. The court decision probably will work to discourage the on-again, off-again efforts of local governments to...

There is an interesting twist to the continuing sage of the Farmers Branch, Texas efforts to restrict housing in that city to legal residents, and to exclude illegal immigrants. The latest census data show that Hispanics are now the largest ... draws a compelling picture of change. Council member Tim Scott, who reviewed the census figures, said the statistics show a city in desperate need of renewal. Residents who lived in their homes for decades have moved out, leaving aging houses that draw new ...

... should gain him more supporters and frankly, will probably be in the best interest of the City of Farmers Branch. O'Hare has represented many clients who fit the profile of those ... she favored more discussion and eventually called for Irving's participation. The city has worked with federal authorities to deport crime suspects who turn out to be illegal ... 's degree, University of Texas, 1991; law degree, Southern Methodist University law school, 1995 Local ties: Has lived in Farmers Branch all his ...

[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas [official website] on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by three Hispanic residents of the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch [official website] to change the city council election voting system from at-large to district-based, a shift they say would result in more attention to Hispanic interests on city council. Judge Reed O'

... groups, however, and the cost to U.S. taxpayers has been exorbitant. Lawsuits have been filed against Valley Park Missouri, Riverside New Jersey, Farmers Branch Texas and Hazleton, Pennsylvania to name a few. The threat of legal costs forced one California city to abandon legislation that would punish ... a temporary restraining order against it last November. The judge, John Houston, criticized city leaders and said there was serious concerns about the law's constitutionality, the harm it ...

... college tuition for illegal immigrants and lowered educational standards to accommodate Hispanics is demanding that a federal judge block a Texas voter-approved ordinance that bars landlords from renting to illegal immigrants. The Los Angeles-based Mexican American Legal Defense ... before leasing to them. Violators would face a misdemeanor charge punishable by a fine of up to $500. The Farmers Branch city council first approved the law last November and at least four separate lawsuits have been ...

The city council of Farmer's Branch, Texas has unanimously passed several ordinances making it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for immigrants to live and work in the city. The measures include ... in a form designated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as acceptable evidence of citizenship status." Non-citizens who want to rent an apartment in the city will have to provide: • A signed declaration of eligible immigration status, • One form from a list of documents designated by ICE as ...

The owners of three apartment complexes in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch asked a federal judge to declare unconstitutional a new law that bans renting to undocumented immigrants. Their lawsuit filed Friday also seeks to keep the city from...

... City of Farmers Branch, Texas continues its quest to drive illegal aliens out of the city. Just like their previous attempts to craft legislation towards this goal, their ... S. District Judge Jane Boyle issued a temporary restraining order barring the city from implementing its latest ordinance aimed at halting housing rentals to illegal immigrants. The law ... household and spouse and their minor children or parents. While the Farmer's Branch statute has not worked its way that far up the federal court ...

... debated, with Congressional proposals to block or channel the human river north, and local communities like Farmers Branch, Texas are seeking to stem the vast underground tide by hitting the ocean with a baseball bat, enacting an ordinance to prohibit ... and is available only in Hidalgo, Zacatecas and Jalisco. As I wrote recently in when a town dies, Throughout history, cities have been where wealth was created, ideas were born, businesses blossomed, and revolutions started. Cities exist for ...