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Chief Aceveda, if someone is in this country illegally, they are - by definition - not "law-abiding"HB 12 does not concern drug or human traffickers or other hardened criminals. Instead, it affects law-abiding, productive members of the community who, outside of their immigration status, are under-represented in crime statistics.
Translation: we need to keep illegal immigrants under our thumb so we can use them for sting operations at gun shows to catch "bigger fish"If local police officers start doubling as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, we will lose the trust of our immigrant community and weaken our ability to solve crimes. Local police rely on cooperation from immigrants on a daily basis. If HB 12 is passed, we will all suffer from the chilling effect of limited victim and witness cooperation.
I'm getting really sick of libtards throwing the "local control" argument back in conservatives' faces every time a conservative lawmaker wants to institute a state-wide or nation-wide law. Some things ARE best left to local control. Some things need state or national control. Isn't this obvious to every at least half-intelligent person? After all, I doubt that the Austin police department is capable of taking out bin Laden.By limiting the ability of local agencies to set their own work load priorities, the Legislature would be acting in a manner contrary to the importance of state and local rights, which are so frequently espoused by the legislative leaders in Austin.
As usual, this is all about "control" - plain and simple. Aceveda wants to control which laws his department enforces and which it overlooks. As I understand it, the bill in question does not MANDATE that local police arrest illegal immingrants and transport them to ICE, it simply ALLOWS them to do so by removing the limitations imposed by libtard city councils and police chiefs.At a time of dwindling resources, the legislation will hurt law enforcement's ability to direct the work of subordinate employees by allowing police officers to set their own priorities instead of relying on their superiors.
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