Silke Jasso
So, that just happened.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) went live on Facebook Sunday evening and announced that he was signing a bill to ban sanctuary cities in the state of Texas.
“I want to thank you all for joining me this evening as I sign a law that will ban sanctuary cities in Texas,” he said. “Texas strongly supports the legal immigration that has been a part of our state from the very beginning.”
“But legal immigration is different from harboring people who have committed dangerous crimes,” he said, adding sanctuary city policies “won’t be tolerated in Texas.”
Abbott also called out Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez.
“This law cracks down on policies like the Travis County sheriff who declared that she would not detain known criminals accused of violent crimes,” he said.
In January, Hernandez announced that she would honor immigration detainers in her county when a suspect was booked for capital murder, aggravated sexual assault or “continuous smuggling of persons.”
Tonight I signed the law that bans sanctuary cities in Texas. Stiff penalties for violators. #txlege #tcot pic.twitter.com/MeVSCpg2oR
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) May 8, 2017
Abbott later tweeted that violators of the law will face “stiff penalties.”
