State Sen. Perry bill on illegal immigration targets 'sanctuary cities'
AUSTIN – Anticipating that President Barack Obama will grant amnesty to as many as 4.5 million undocumented immigrants and their children, state Sen. Charles Perry has filed a bill aimed at ending what he called “sanctuary cities” that encourage illegal immigration to Texas.
Fox News and the New York Times reported late last week that as early as this weekend Obama plans to help immigrants living illegally in the United States get temporary legal status – without congressional approval, a possibility Perry blasted on Monday.
“It is shameful, arrogant and unconstitutional for our President to pursue this catastrophic policy through executive action, rather than allowing our democratically elected officials debate its merits in the halls of Congress,” Perry, R-Lubbock, said after filing Senate Bill 185.
“SB 185 is a common sense measure that will address the ongoing problem of sanctuary cities in Texas and hopefully open up dialogue on what other measures we can at a state and federal level to solve our crisis in illegal immigration,” Perry said in a statement.
Read more: http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2014-11-17/sen-perry-bill-illegal-immigration-targets-sanctuary-cities#.VGq6jhbuPoE
[font color=green]The text of the bill is available at http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/billtext/pdf/SB00185I.pdf#navpanes=0 .
If I am reading the bill correctly it indicates that any municipality or county that does not enforce state immigration laws then they are ineligible to receive any grant funding from the state. (subsections A. and H.)[/font]
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