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27 de Julio, 2007
A Victory for Humanity and Empathy
Categorized under Derechos Humanos | Tags: Hope, Immigration, migra
YES.
US cities and towns may find it harder to crack down on illegal immigrants after a federal judge ruled on Thursday that an anti-immigrant law passed by a Pennsylvania city was unconstitutional.The judge stopped the city of Hazleton from implementing a law that would fine businesses that hire illegal immigrants and penalise landlords who rent to them. He said federal immigration law had the upper hand over local ordinances.
Judge James Munley wrote: 'Whatever frustrations officials of the city of Hazleton may feel about the present state of federal immigration enforcement, the nature of the political system in the United States prohibits the city from enacting ordinances that disrupt a carefully drawn federal statutory scheme.'
—Court throws out city's anti-immigrant law, msnbc.com
Some days bring you such a despair that you want to give up. And then there are days like this, when you feel that there is hope. Here's to you, Judge Munley. Here's to human rights. Para todo el mundo.
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Comentarios (5)
Man Eegee dijo:
This was good news. I couldn't help but smile, thinking of Kris Kobach's smirky face rendered blank. So many places modeled their local ordinances after this one, so if it goes down, a ton of others will follow.
Palabras por Man Eegee spat forth on el 27 de Julio, 2007 at 09:50 AM
Pat Logan dijo:
I wouldn't agree with the 'carefully drawn' part, but it's nice to see some racist hate-mongers interfered with once in a while....
Palabras por Pat Logan spat forth on el 27 de Julio, 2007 at 10:27 AM
atlasien dijo:
Yep, Cherokee County in Georgia (an Atlanta suburb county) recently passed one of these housing discrimination ordinances. It has been stalled in court so far, and with this new ruling it looks like it will never go into effect. Great news.
Palabras por atlasien spat forth on el 27 de Julio, 2007 at 10:38 AM
RC dijo:
These cases will all eventually move on to the Supreme Court and/or the Congress.
Nothing is resolved yet, but at least this judge has got some empathy, and in fact, the determination is legally valid, as the state and county cannot interfere with the Feds.
Palabras por RC spat forth on el 27 de Julio, 2007 at 12:46 PM
Cero dijo:
Now, that is great news! :-)
Palabras por Cero spat forth on el 27 de Julio, 2007 at 01:35 PM