Escondido, CA: Law stops renting to illegal immigrants

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Can anybody provide a compelling reason why landlords should have a role in enforcing U.S. immigration laws? RC kind of touched on this, but I'm not convinced. Isn't this a case of the government being too lazy/incompetent to do its job and enforce its laws -- or, in the alternative, a futile attempt to do the impossible?

Maybe it arises out of a duty not to assist someone in committing an illegal act?

I just made that up, but it sounds good to me.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Maybe it arises out of a duty not to assist someone in committing an illegal act?

I just made that up, but it sounds good to me.

There are many laws that the gov't can't enforce without citizens' assistance.