The Texas House has recently passed senate bill 4. A law that will eliminate sanctuary cities in the state of Texas. A sanctuary city is essentially a city in the United States that shelters illegal immigrants by limiting government effort to enforce immigrant laws. This means that local law enforcement will be able to question the immigration status of anybody that is legally detained, even if they are pulled over for a mere traffic violation. Previously, only federal agencies such as ICE had this authority. Consequently, this will lead to racial profiling against Hispanics. Racists police officers will look for any opportunity they can get to detain and question someone under “probable cause”. Furthermore, SB4 looks like it will come with hefty punishments for police chiefs and county sheriffs who refuse to comply with federal requests. Such as big fines or even having them serve jail time.
So what is to be expected after the bill is implemented? Of course, we will see a huge spike in the deportation of illegal immigrants. These are scary times for not only those who are undocumented but for students under the deferred action childhood arrivals. I can speak personally on how this will effect my life. I have been an undocumented immigrant for all my life up to last December. I was fortunate enough to be granted a work permit with legal status. However, the same cannot be said about my parents and now I am in danger of losing them due to this new law. It is very hard for a teenage college student to stay ahead without the support of their parents. Hard times are only to come for myself and many others who are in my position.
After reading my colleague Jorge's work regarding Senate Bill 4 that has recently been passed by the Texas house, I completely agree on what the outcome will be after this law if enforced. As Jorge mentioned . "A sanctuary city is essentially a city in the United States that shelters illegal immigrants by limiting government effort to enforce immigration laws" by taking this "safe" places not only will this break many families apart but this will bring a fear to all immigrants. Places like churches, and schools no matter what individuals immigration status is these should be places to feel safe in. Now that this law will be enforced More and more deportations will continue to happen. As much as this country tries to deny it but immigrants have a huge impact in our American economy. When people start getting deported less consumption will happen our economy at some point will decline. When passing these type of immigration laws no many will understand unless you or your family or friends have been affected by this. If only our leader in this nation could stop and think about what they are really doing and to realize that immigration is NOT the biggest problem this nation is facing!!!!
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