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'Round the bend with Leo Berman on immigration

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The Texas Legislature can be a lot more fun (or at least, a little less frustrating) if you step back every once in a while to enjoy the process purely for its entertainment value.I spent some time this morning going through additional pre-filed bills in the House and Senate as we approach the 81st Texas Legislature, and discovered that the state rep from my hometown - Leo Berman, R-Tyler - filed an hysterically funny piece of legislation in HB 254, "relating to restricting illegal immigrants to certain geographic regions."The thrust of HB 254 made me laugh out loud: It defines the terms "illegal immigrant" and "sanctuary city" and then declares that "All illegal immigrants residing in this state shall reside in a sanctuary city."That should be simple to enforce, huh? If writing a law could dictate where immigrants live, would we even have this problem?Avoiding all discussion of enforcement, HB 254 directs the Department of Public Safety to "adopt procedures to implement and administer this subsection...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).