Houston Chronicle: Judge Bars Enforcement of Farmers Branch Rental Law

June 5, 2007 –The Houston Chronicle reports that U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay extended an order preventing the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch from enforcing a voter-approved ordinance barring apartment rentals to most illegal immigrants. 

The judge decided that a temporary restraining order issued the month prior would remain in effect until June 19, 2007. 

“Farmers Branch should not be in the business of determining who is in the country legally,” said then Brewer attorney Jim Renard, who was representing three apartment complexes. He added that the ordinance should be “tossed.”  

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