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On cops, taxes, immigration enforcement and Big Government Conservatism

The Governor decried "sanctuary cities" as a statewide emergency and legislators have scurried to file bills forcing local police and sheriffs to more directly confront immigration violations instead of merely identifying illegal immigrants after arrest. Some of them are so extreme the proposals forced the governor to walk back his comments somewhat a few days later. This week, law enforcement interests at the capitol this week rightly pointed out that bills to address this non-problem amount to an unfunded mandate. From Zahira Torres at the El Paso Times:Texas police chiefs and sheriffs condemned efforts to make them act as de-facto Border Patrol agents, saying that law enforcement, not the Legislature, knows how to keep communities safe.El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles joined other law enforcement officials from Dallas and Travis counties and the cities of McAllen, San Antonio and Austin on Thursday at the state Capitol...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 19, 2011 (boomark / email).