Hazelton ans Riverside

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Hazelton, PA and Riverside, NJ have recently enacted laws that penalize those who knowingly rent to or employ illegal immigrants. There has been uproar from the Latino community, claiming the laws are racially motivated, and suits have been filed charging that the laws are unconstitutional.

Are they?

The laws don't single out "Latino illegal immigrants" to my knowledge. If they included ALL lawbreakers (penalize knowingly renting to/employing a robber or murderer) the new laws certainly couldn't be viewed as discriminatory, could they?

Personnally, I think fewer illegals would come/stay here if there weren't jobs for them or places to live, and these types of laws would have a chilling effect on employers and landlords. I don't have a problem with foreigners wanting to be here, I just think if they want to be in America, they should become citizens and live up to all the obligations that come with citizenship.