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Following in the footsteps of other towns across the country, Escondido, California has decided to write discrimination into its laws by forbidding landlords to rent to undocumented immigrants. But our friends at the ACLU and a coalition of immigrants rights groups are striking back:

Saying the law is “riddled with constitutional flaws” and is discriminatory and “reprehensible,” a coalition of civil rights groups has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to void an Escondido ordinance that forbids landlords from renting to illegal immigrants.

The suit was filed yesterday on behalf of two Escondido landlords and two illegal immigrants who live in the city and whose children are U.S. citizens who attend local schools.

According to the San Diego Union Tribune, the decision to move forward with the lawsuit was announced last week via press conference, while the Minutemen held an “unrelated” press conference at the Escondido city hall, “interrupted by a minor scuffle”.

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