A city that barred landlords from renting to undocumented immigrants now faces a lawsuit. The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund and several other groups challenged Hazleton, PA effort to curb the rapid growth of the undocumented population in that city. The suit says the city law, which also penalizes employers for hiring the undocumented, is unconstitutional and violates the federal Fair Housing Act. Judging whether a person is undocumented is no easy task, the suit argues, and city officials are not qualified to do it. (Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, 8/16)
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