Deep in the Heart of Texas

A Dallas suburb that has barred landlords from renting to illegal immigrants was sued Tuesday by two civil rights groups that allege the controversial ordinance turns property owners into immigration agents and violates federal law. The challenge by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund seeks to derail a new law that would require property managers to check the immigration status of apartment renters in Farmers Branch, Texas. The ordinance, approved last month, is set to take effect Jan. 12. Click here for the LA Times report.

Appropo of nothing, isn’t it appropriate that the University of Texas is playing in the Alamo Bowl this year?

KJ