Undocumented-Immigrant Housing Ban Allowed by High Court

*Since 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court has side-stepped the issue of harboring undocumented immigrants. That year SCOTUS struck down parts of Arizona’s sb1070, and that’s as far as it’s gone on immigration. The court didn’t rule on the matter, it refused to hear the case from Fremont, Nebraska where prospective tenants are required to provide information about their immigration status. VL

By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to say whether states and cities can bar landlords from renting to undocumented aliens, leaving intact a lower court disagreement and steering clear of the national debate over illegal immigration.

The justices today turned away a challenge to a Fremont, Nebraska, law that civil rights advocates said conflicts with federal immigration measures. A St. Louis-based federal appeals court upheld the law, putting it at odds with appellate courts that have considered similar measures elsewhere.

The Supreme Court previously put limits on what states and local governments can do to crack down on illegal immigration. In 2012, the justices voided parts of an Arizona immigration law, including criminal provisions that would have barred people from being in the state without proper documentation.

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