The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a Nebraska city’s ban on renting residential dwellings to undocumented immigrants.
The justices on Monday let stand an appeals court ruling that found the ordinance doesn't discriminate against Latinos or interfere with federal immigration laws.
The case challenged a 2010 ordinance approved by Fremont, Nebraska, voters requiring potential renters to pay a $5 fee for an occupancy license and show proof of being in the country legally.
Earlier this year, the justices declined attempts by two other towns — in Pennsylvania and Texas — to revive similar laws that had been struck down by lower courts. The high court has held since 2012 that immigration issues are largely a matter for federal agencies, not local governments, to regulate.
“It's final now, and Fremont's victory is complete,” Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who helped create the ordinance and has been in involved in court battles over the measure told the Omaha World-Herald.Read the rest of the story HERE.
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