Judge: Dallas suburb's ban on renting apartments to illegal immigrants is unconstitutional
A Dallas suburb's ban on apartment rentals to illegal immigrants is unconstitutional, a federal judge decided Wednesday.
Only the federal government can regulate immigration, U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay concluded.
The ordinance, passed by Farmers Branch city officials last year and endorsed by a citizen referendum, didn't defer to the federal government, Lindsay said, which is in violation of the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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