Immigrants Rights Groups Take on New Laws
ESCONDIDO, California (Reuters) - U.S. rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Friday seeking to overturn an ordinance in the southern California city of Escondido that prevents landlords from renting homes to illegal immigrants.
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union’s San Diego chapter led five other organizations in the suit against the city, located 50 miles north of the border with Mexico.
The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in San Diego to challenge a measure, passed 3-2 last month by councilors in this prosperous commuter city, that would prevent landlords to prove the legal immigration status of tenants.
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