Two Texas landlords who do not ask tenants to prove their immigration status filed a legal challenge to a state law that targets individuals who provide shelter to undocumented residents.
“The law targets humanitarian service providers and property owners simply conducting business with other Texans,” said Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, MALDEF, who represents the plaintiffs. Saenz is also the executive director of RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services), which provides shelter and legal services to undocumented workers.
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