I didn’t cite it as legal precedent. It’s just one example of many where a court has said there is nothing in federal law that prevents an illegal alien from renting property.
We are getting well off topic here…..
First let’s point out that New York is a self claimed sanctuary city.
Second, this case was about unlawful eviction of a tenant enjoying the protection of the Rent Stabilization Code. The new owners using the tenants status as cause to not renew the lease agreement.
The court found that “Thus, until defendant (landlord) is actually charged with violating federal immigration law, or is actually subject to civil or criminal penalties, it cannot maintain an eviction proceeding for illegal occupancy…”
So the owners have to be under indictment before they operate within the law. Nonsense. It would have been interesting to see if that held up at trial.
Point is, once you peel away a few layers in any of these cases you see that they aren’t the win immigrant activists claim they are. Nearly all end up falling back on the feds Supremacy on immigration issues, saying basically it’s not the law until the feds enforce the law. Unique here is the court using the city’s own sanctuary status, which makes it precedent.