Local Immigration Law in US Rescinded
Filed in archive Americas by Matthew Schulz on September 19, 2007

The Riverside law is a good example. The illegal immigration
Relief Act penalized those who knowingly housed or employed individuals unlawfully in the US with fines, jail, and loss of business license as potential penalties. Because business groups and activists sued after the law was enacted, it was never enforced. These groups cited the negative impact the local immigration rule had on revenue as businesses closed or immigrants stopped doing business there. This small town also spent about $100,000 preparing the defend themselves in the suit.In a law suit filed in another community regarding a similar local law, the court ruled the ordinance unconstitutional. These examples are likely the leading indicators of a trend of local communities to step back and leave the business of immigration to the federal government.
See Town Pulls Back on Immigration Law, New York Times, September 19, 2007, for more information.
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