Cherokee County is proposing a new measure to crack down on illegal immigration. The proposal would make renters prove citizenship, and would threaten to suspend business licenses of companies with undocumented workers. The Cherokee County Commission will present the proposal at a public hearing tonight.
In 2006, a similar action was tried, but it was challenged in court and never enforced. The Cherokee Commission chairman says this new ordinance is designed to send a strong message for a problem the federal government won’t address. However, an attorney with the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund says the measure is quote “legally problematic."
