From Infowars:
SANCTUARY SHERIFF FACES REMOVAL FROM OFFICE FOR AIDING CRIMINAL ILLEGALS
Travis Co. Sheriff Sally Hernandez is facing removal from office after defying Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s call to end “sanctuary city” policies which aid criminal aliens.
Hernandez, whose jurisdiction includes Austin, the capital of Texas, has rejected Abbott’s request to reverse her refusal to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement except in limited circumstances, which Abbott says is hypocritical.
“First, you claim you have no legal power to comply with ICE detainers. That proves too much, of course, because by your own admission, Travis County Sheriff’s Office will honor some ICE detainers, for example when the alien is charged with or convicted of capital murder,” Abbott wrote. “You have the exact same legal authority to honor ICE detainers for capital murder cases as you do for other crimes that you personally deem unworthy of enforcement.”
You can not have two interpretations of the law. Also, in the demonstrable majority of cases, it is not Mexico's best and brightest that are coming over the border. People who want to come over for agricultural work can enroll in the Agricultural Visa program (H-2A) which has been in place since 1986 - 30 years. (More at Dept. of Labor and Homeland Security)
Continuing with Governor Abbott's letter to the Sheriff:
Judging by the letter, Abbott seems more interested in allowing ICE to remove illegals from the streets who were already arrested by Texas officials for committing – not simply reporting – serious crimes.
“For one, these sheriff offices receive grants from the governor’s office and we’re cutting off those grants to any sanctuary city in the State of Texas,” he said on Fox & Friends. “But, however, we are in a legislative session and we’re working on laws that will #1 ban sanctuary cities and #2 remove from office any office holder who promotes sanctuary cities while also imposing criminal penalties as well as financial penalties.”
Good - sanctuary cities is a typical liberal idea. Something that sounds good but does not work well. It is just another case of virtue signaling on a municipal and county-wide basis. It needs to go away. For those illegals that are already here, we have an immigration process in place - provide them with some legal help for this but do not streamline it any more. There are lots of people who came in under their own power, who did not ask for a handout and who completed the requirements for citizenship by themselves. For us to do any less with this new crop is a fscking slap in the face to our beloved new citizens.
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