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03-24-2008, 08:38 AM

Prosecution of landlords worries activists, ACLU

CHARGES OF HARBORING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS 'FUEL A PHOBIA'

By Brandon Ortiz

BORTIZ@HERALD-LEADER.COM

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Pablo Alcala | Staff
William Jerry Hadden left the federal courthouse in Lexington two weeks ago. The apartment landlord pleaded not guilty to harboring 60 undocumented immigrants. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff

The charges, says Michael Aldridge of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, are an attempt by the federal government to intimidate landlords and immigrants.Wrong. It's an attempt to enforce the law & an attempt to bring criminal landlords & criminal foreign nationals to justice. They may as well just say "it's an attempt to intimidate criminals". The ACLU, ya gotta love these America destroying radical leftists posing as civil rights lawyers

"It fuels a phobia, it creates this feeling of discrimination in the community, and I am sure it heightens everyone's uneasiness across the board," said Aldridge, the group's executive director. "It's a horrible situation."

Oh, he's sure it heightens everyone's uneasiness across the board. Who's this 'everyone" he's referring to? He must mean American citizens & legal immigrants since he said "everyone across the board". Yes, citizens are terrified & uneasy because a criminal landlord was busted for renting to criminal foreign nationals. Yeah, the citizens are just in a total panic. What a bunch of BS

They note the Haddens were charged even though it is not illegal to rent to undocumented immigrants. Outside of landlords who accept federal Section 8 housing subsidies, landlords have no obligation to check a tenant's legal status.And there lies the rub. Landlords own buildings. Buildings are extremely expensive, it's a huge investment. Bad tenants destroy those investments. Any landlord who abides by our laws, cares about their investments, cares about the community & their neighborhoods run credit checks, check past rental & work history on all prospective tenants. Every landlord does it, except those who's only concern is profit, no matter the damage they do to the neighborhood & the community. I've known landlords here in Chicago that rented to gang bangers & other assorted criminals. No checks, no nothing, just give him the cash upfront & you're in. Those buildings destroyed the neighborhoods they were in. The people in the surrounding buildings were up in arms, until the city took the landlords to court & took away their buildings. Funny, I don't remember the ACLU rushing to the defense of criminal American citizens

But the indictment alleges that the Haddens did far more than simply rent to illegal immigrants.

According to the indictment, the Haddens knowingly hired two Mexican citizens to manage the apartments and weakened their application process to accommodate illegal immigrants. They stopped requiring credit checks, Social Security numbers, past addresses, employment history and references for applicants, ostensibly so illegal immigrants would not be rejected for apartments.
Bingo. If they required all those checks at other buildings but not the ones where they harbored illegals, that tells me it was intent to advertise for & rent to illegal aliens. And hiring two Mexican citizens to manage the place? I'd say that falls under recruitment of illegal aliens for profit

Applications were translated into Spanish. And after Kentucky Utilities started requiring Social Security numbers to obtain electrical service, the apartment complexes opened accounts in their names and distributed the billing statements to tenants.Gee, I wonder if this falls under aiding & abetting? Could it be anymore obvious?

The Haddens' attorney, Tucker Richardson of Lexington, declined to comment. But he has said he will aggressively fight the charges.
News of the charges against the Haddens made landlords all over town uneasy, said Stephen Marshall, a Lexington attorney who represents several landlords.

Yes, all law abiding landlords "all over town" are just terrified. There's absolutely no reason for them to be "uneasy" mind you, they just are. And I know that's the truth, because "immigrant" attorney Stephen Marshall says so. So we should just forget these cases because "immigrant" lawyers keep telling us landlords are "uneasy"

Marshall said he is working with the Lexington Fair Housing Council to develop guidelines for landlords. Landlords must be careful, he said, because they have to treat each applicant the same; they can't give an applicant more scrutiny just for being Hispanic or foreign.
Hash is worried the Hadden case will lead to illegal evictions and homelessness for illegal immigrants. But she said she has not heard reports of that yet.
Ah, the old "working to develop guidelines". It's real simple, here's your guidelines... Run credit checks & check on past rental & work history. 99% of illegal aliens won't get through it. There, see how easy it was? And Hash is worried that ILLEGAL ALIENS will be homeless. Memo to Hash: ILLEGAL ALIENS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE HOMES IN THIS COUNTRY YOU TWIT. THEY AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE IN THIS COUNTRY. Can your tiny brain comprehend that?

News researcher Linda Niemi contributed to this story. Reach Brandon Ortiz at (859) 231-1443, or 1-800-950-6397, Ext. 1443.