Barring a last-minute court order from a federal judge overseeing litigation challenging the constitutionality of Ordinance 2903, beginning today landlords in Farmers Branch, Texas, will be prohibited from renting to most immigrants who cannot prove their citizenship or legal residency status. The Dallas suburb has hired a trio of firms to defend it, but the Farmers Branch legal team faces a contingent of lawyers from civil rights groups and Texas firms that have deep pockets to pursue the litigation.
May 22, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
There’s no shortage of lawyers on either side of a controversial ordinance that’s set to go into effect today in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch, Texas.
Barring a last-minute court order from a federal judge overseeing litigation challenging the constitutionality of Ordinance 2903, beginning on May 22 landlords in Farmers Branch will be prohibited from renting to most immigrants who cannot prove their citizenship or legal residency status.
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