This post serves only to place a baby spot on the irony.
Voters in Dallas suburb OK ban on renting to illegals
May 13, 2007
BY ANABELLE GARAY
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — Voters in this Dallas suburb Saturday overwhelmingly approved a measure banning landlords from renting to most illegal immigrants.
More than 90 local governments nationwide have proposed similar measures, but Farmers Branch was the first to put the issue to a vote.
With two-thirds of precincts reporting, the measure was carrying 68 percent to 32 percent.
In Illinois, northwest suburban Carpentersville failed in March to pass an English-only ordinance that would have eliminated village documents in Spanish. Last month, tiny Hampshire did pass what is thought to be the state’s first English-only ordinance.
The Texas regulation, approved by the city council in November, requires apartment managers to verify that renters are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants before leasing to them. Minors and people 62 and older are exempt. Families of both citizens and illegal immigrants could lease under certain conditions.
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