Texas House Floor erupts.

[TAZ]

@Frailer

I think the rest should have been given a gold star for getting off their dead asses and taking action on an issue they feel strongly about instead of staying home and posting memes on Facebook or ranting on forums.

I applaud all protestors who do their thing without resorting to violence, whether I agree with their stance or not. It’s the American Way, after all.

In this particular case the protestors acted in a more grown-up fashion than the legislators.

I’m not certain I agree. There is a difference between voicing your opinion and disrupting the legislature. It’s a fine line, but by the look of the videos to me it seems similar to folks blocking traffic and claiming they are protesting. Not the same in my book

@Frailer

I don’t agree with the idea of “sanctuary cities,” nor am I ideologically opposed to the Texas bill in question, but I’m not so firmly fixed in my opinion that I can’t see there are some very practical reasons to keep local law enforcement out of the immigration enforcement business.

I’d like to hear your thought on this. For me it depends purely on how the law is crafted. If it written like a show me your ID on demand cause I said so, then I agree that it’s an issue. If it’s crafted that, during a valid stop or other interaction that would require ID, a LEO can check for warrants and such he can also validate immigration status then I don’t see an issue.

These folks aren’t afraid of LEO pulling them over and asking to see their green cards. They are afraid that they will have to show legal status to get freebies. Follow the $$. If people are afraid to claim their freebies why do we need the programs? Someone’s $$ revenue stream will get interrupted.

[Averageman]

@TAZ

I’d like to hear your thought on this. For me it depends purely on how the law is crafted. If it written like a show me your ID on demand cause I said so, then I agree that it’s an issue. If it’s crafted that, during a valid stop or other interaction that would require ID, a LEO can check for warrants and such he can also validate immigration status then I don’t see an issue.
What is bolded is my understanding of how this was written.
These folks aren’t afraid of LEO pulling them over and asking to see their green cards. They are afraid that they will have to show legal status to get freebies. Follow the $$. If people are afraid to claim their freebies why do we need the programs? Someone’s $$ revenue stream will get interrupted.

That would amount to the redistribution of wealth wouldn’t it?
As I have said before, most of the people being caught in some criminal activity and later being deported are for the most part committing those same crimes against their own people. IOW, illegals aren’t going to rich suburban neighborhoods full of McMansions to do some criminal activity, most in my area seems to be felony DUI and crimes committed against other Latinos.