Landlords sue to say they can’t police immigration

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund joined hands to say a city in Texas can’t require apartment managers to check on the legality of prospective tenants.

The Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch has barred landlords from renting to illegal immigrants was sued Tuesday by these two civil rights groups that allege the controversial ordinance turns property owners into immigration agents and violates federal law.

The ACLU and MALDEF are challenging the law on several constitutional grounds. They argue that it violates the due process clause because it does not make clear which immigration documents are acceptable and which are not, the contract clause because it interferes with a business transaction between landlord and tenant without proper cause, and the equal protection clause because it only applies to some landlords. But the primary argument is that it exceeds the city’s powers because only the federal government can enforce immigration laws.

Doctors seek to sue Blue Cross

The California Medical Assn. wants to join patients in a dispute over canceled policies.

California‘s largest physician organization on Tuesday asked to join patients in a class-action lawsuit alleging that Blue Cross illegally dumps policyholders after authorizing expensive medical treatment and then refuses to pay the bills.

The medical association, which represents more than 30,000 physicians, calls the cancellations illegal, unfair and routine. The organization also says the cancellations hurt patients, physicians and hospitals as well as taxpayers, who end up footing the bill for medical care for patients who lose private coverage.

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