A few weeks ago the small Nebraska city of Fremont (25,000 residents) decided that undocumented immigrants were a problem and they were going to deal with it. They passed a voter-approved ordinance which banned not only employment, but housing for undocumented immigrants. I'm sure they were proud of themselves for passing their racist ordinance, but now the time has come to pay the piper.
Almost from the time the ordinance was approved it was in court. Those opposing the ordinance say it is discriminitory and have taken it to court. This same kind of city ordinance has been ruled unconstitutional in other cities like Farmers Branch, Texas. Now the city is stuck with mounting legal fees to defend their silly ordinance in federal court.
At the end of this month the city council will vote on increasing the property tax rate by a whopping 18% (about an extra $116 on a $200,000 home). They need the higher tax to pay for defending the new law. And they shouldn't expect it to be cheap either. Farmers Branch, which lost in court and is still appealing, has racked up over $4,000,000 in legal costs.
It's not cheap being a racist these days. But it's their choice. Pay up (and most likely lose in court) or rescind the law and avoid higher taxes.
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