Texas bill would punish police who do not comply with immigration enforcers
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Source: Guardian News
House passes bill targeting sanctuary city police with criminal charges if they do not help federal authorities with detention requests, including children at school
Tom Dart in Houston
@Tom_Dart
Thursday 27 April 2017 12.49 EDT
Donald Trumps plan to punish so-called sanctuary cities was blocked in court this week, but the concept is enjoying more success at state level, where Texas is poised to enact a law forcing local police to act as federal immigration enforcers.
A bill passed the Texas state house shortly before 3am on Thursday, after 16 often heated hours of debate amid pro-immigrant demonstrations outside the capitol building in Austin. Democrats in the Republican-dominated Texas legislature proposed a series of amendments in a futile effort to stall and weaken the bill, a version of which was already advanced by the senate.
It puts sheriffs and other police chiefs at risk of criminal charges and other serious sanctions if they do not help the federal government enforce immigration laws by complying with requests to detain immigrants. There are also civil fines for non-cooperation by local entities including campus police departments.
A Democratic state representative, Victoria Neave, began a four-day hunger strike on Sunday in protest at the bill. Another, Mary Gonzalez, wept on Wednesday as she talked in the state house about being a sexual assault survivor and expressed her fear that the law would help criminals. A third, Ana Hernandez, gave an emotional speech about her life before she became a US citizen.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/27/texas-sanctuary-cities-bill-police-detain-immigrants
TeamPooka
(24,223 posts)Grins
(7,217 posts)They going after cops? Really?
States cannot force state and local cops to enforce federal law. Should be DOA. Thanks, Texas!
christx30
(6,241 posts)flags an American citizen by mistake as undocumented (which does happen). Major 4th amendment violation. I wonder if the state is going to just have a fund to pay off lawsuits. Bake sale?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)they're fucking nazis
atreides1
(16,076 posts)Where the names of Travis, Bowie, Crockett, Dickinson, and Houston are equated to Freedom!!
Texas, where being a police state and using Gestapo tactics...are going to be the norm!
J_William_Ryan
(1,753 posts)"small government" Republicans.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Anyone with a badge in Texas is going to be, de facto, a member of Trump's deportation gestapo.
TexasTowelie
(112,161 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Duplicate of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141761802