Legal Opinion · Dissent
Fred Keller, Jr. v. City of Fremont
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 28, 2013No. 12-1702, 12-1705, 12-1708Published
1DissentBright, Circuit Judge
The city of Fremont, Nebraska enacted a housing ordinance with the purpose of removing “illegal aliens,” or undocumented persons,13 from the city. Fremont seeks to usurp power reserved to the federal government by identifying undocumented persons and forcing them out of the city, and perhaps the country. The federal government has the exclusive authority to determine which immigrants may reside in this country and which immigrants will be removed. Fremont may not exercise this power, even within its own boundaries. Neither Fremont nor any other city in this nation may enact a system of…
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