DATELINE TEXAS:
MEXICANS HAVE MURDERED
NEARLY 3,000 AMERICANS IN TEXAS’ OPEN BORDERS SINCE 2008.
Texas Bill Adds
Civil, Criminal Penalties for Sanctuary Cities
The Texas Legislature is on
the final step to passing a bill that will penalize jurisdictions, including
college campus police departments, which have sanctuary policies protecting
illegal immigrants. The bill puts sharp teeth in the battle to stop such
policies.
While Republicans control the Texas House and Senate, the road to passage has been hard fought. The Texas Senate passed the measure in early February, after
Governor Greg Abbott declared the issue to be an emergency item in his State of the State Address.
Senate Bill 4 provides
that local entities, a state justice agency, or campus police department, would
be subject to civil penalties of up to $25,500 a day for violating the new law.
Civil penalties collected must be used to compensate crime victims. These
governmental bodies would also be prohibited from receiving funds from state
grants.
Entities could also lose
their sovereign immunity in lawsuits brought against them because of injuries
caused by the release of criminal aliens subject to ICE (U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement) detainers. The provision applies to criminal aliens who
commit a felony within 10 years after their release.
Moreover, an elected official of a jurisdiction or “an
individual who is appointed by [that] governing body” would be guilty of a
criminal offense. As reported by
Breitbart Texas, the provisions would make it a crime for sheriffs, police
chiefs, and other law enforcement officers and those appointed by them, to refuse
to cooperate with immigration officials. The crime would be a Class A
misdemeanor. Elected officials also face removal from office when the bill
becomes law.
Texas has been in the forefront of the sanctuary city fight. An
ICE report on March 20 exposing sanctuary jurisdictions ranked Travis County,
Texas, as number one in the country for not complying with ICE detainers. As
Breitbart Texas reported, well over 70 percent of the 206 criminal aliens released during
the week of January 28-Februay 3 were released by the Travis County Sheriff’s
Office.
Governor Greg Abbott flexed his purse strings to fight Travis
County Sheriff “Sanctuary Sally” Hernandez. He cut state law enforcement grants to the Austin-area county when she
refused to reverse positions. Hernandez has denied that she is not in compliance.
Senate Bill 4, authored
by Republican Senator Charles Perry from Lubbock, prohibits state criminal
justice agencies, campus police departments, and local jurisdictions from
discouraging or prohibiting a person who is a commissioned peace officer, a
corrections officer, a booking clerk, a magistrate, or a district attorney,
criminal district attorney, or other prosecuting attorney, from following
immigration laws.
The Texas House Republican
Caucus sent out a statement after its 94-53 passage on partisan lines Thursday
saying, “This legislation comes after governmental entities in Texas have
adopted ‘sanctuary city’ policies that purposefully hinder or prohibit local
law enforcement cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs and prohibit
officers from inquiring about a person’s immigration status.”
The controversial bill allows law enforcement officials to ask a
person being detained about their immigration status; thus, it is broader than
a measure which would allow them to do so only if the person was under arrest.
Those against the bill have compared it to laws in Arizona and California and denounced it
as “a show-me-your-papers style law.” The legislation expressly provides that a
law enforcement official may not inquire into a person’s immigration status if
they are a victim or witness to a criminal offense, or if they are reporting a
criminal offense. Agencies are also given the authority to engage in community
outreach activities that educate the public, including victims of family or
domestic violence, that officials may not inquire into their immigration
status. Opponents of the bill contend the measure will discourage victims or
witnesses of crimes from coming forward because of their immigration status.
A police officer may not stop a motor vehicle or conduct a
search of a home or business solely to enforce a federal immigration law.
However, if they are providing assistance to, or at the request of a federal
immigration officer, or under an agreement between their agency and the federal
government, a peace officer may arrest an illegal alien if they are acting
under Texas law to preserve the peace.
The sponsor of the measure in
the Texas House, Rep. Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth) said “The purpose of this
legislation is to protect Texans from criminals who are here illegally. We are
trying to make sure those bad actors are detained until we can determine their
status.” “This bill will not affect law-abiding citizens, only those that are
in trouble with the police,” he added.
The bill expressly prohibits
officials from considering “race, color, religion, language, or national origin
while enforcing immigration laws except to the extent permitted by the United
States Constitution or Texas Constitution.”
The bill also provides for a
process for making a complaint about any violation of the legislation and
states that “any person,” including the federal government, may file a
complaint with the attorney general. The person must offer evidence that a
local entity, state criminal justice agency, or campus police department is
violating the statute, and swear to the accuracy of the stated facts.
“House Republicans have
proven time and time again that we are committed to protecting the rule of law
and keeping our communities safe,” said Republican House Caucus Chairman Tan
Parker. “We will continue to work tirelessly to pass legislation that ensures
the safety of Texans, such as Senate Bill 4.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has steadfastly said that he will
sign the bill and has pushed for its passage. If the Senate does not accept
the changes made by the House, a conference committee will be appointed to
resolve the differences and move the bill forward to the Governor for
signature. The law would go into effect on September 1 of this year.
Bob Price serves
as associate editor and senior political news contributor for Breitbart Texas.
He is a founding member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.
IMMANENT COLLAPSE THE PENA-NIETO
REGIME AND FALL TO THE LA RAZA DRUG CARTELS ON AMERICAN OPEN AND UNDEFENDED BORDERS.
More significant still, a
former Mexican official, Jorge CastaƱeda, threatened to unleash
Mexican cartels onto the U.S. to retaliate for deportations of illegal
immigrants and the construction of a border wall.
“Mexico in a country whose
four wealthiest billionaires control as much wealth as the bottom half of the
population—the 65 million that live in poverty (which includes 13 million
living in extreme poverty)—and where the top 10 percent as a whole accounts for
67 percent of Mexico’s national wealth.”
(TOP HERION ADDICTION CARTELS VIRGINIA)
THE
TRUMP WALL LIE! WAS IT THE FIRST BROKEN PROMISE?
"If true, it
shows Trump being the ultimate cynic and not having the courage to state his
true beliefs to the American public who elected him. That's always been
my biggest problem with Trump: his lack of integrity and consistent belief
system." ----- ED STRAKER
THE TRUMPER CIRCUS: SELLING US OUT
ON A WAVE OF BROKEN PROMISES!
TRUMP BACK-PEDDLES ON LEGALS AND
KEEPS OBAMA’S ILLEGAL AMNESTY OPERATING…. It’s all about keeping wages DEPRESSED!
TRUMP
FOLDS TO LA RAZA MEX FASCIST MOVEMENT
Says
the “WALL” will now be only “NO TRESSPASSING” signs posted every hundred miles!
“He's showing more empathy for illegal aliens than he is
for American citizens. Shouldn't it be the concerns of Americans he
should be considering first, before the feelings of illegals? These
people are taking taxpayer money and American jobs, some committing crimes, and
many are not assimilating and speaking English, and Trump wants them to stay?”
TEXAS
GOV FIGHTS BACK LA RAZA MEX OCCUPATION!
WHY
ARE ILLEGALS ABOVE THE LAW?
SANCTUARY
CITIES and SANCTUARY STATE of CALIFORNIA: The LA RAZA welfare state on our
backs!
MEX WITH 37 CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS FINALLY DEPORTED… wonder if he’s back looting already???
more at this link:
five
percent of them (or 225,390) were convicted criminal
aliens,
the largest number of criminal aliens removed in
agency
history, ICE said.
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