No Sanctuary for Sanctuary Cities

There’s an old cliché that you can’t fight City Hall.  Sad, since we elect those who work there and we pay their salaries.  Still, if the cliché is true, then some have found a better way to make their will known.

Our Patriot of the Week is State Representative Burt Solomons (R-Denton) for his House Bill 12 which would prevent cities and counties from adopting policies that prohibit law enforcement from asking a person legally detained or arrested his or her immigration status.  Such legislation essentially bans “sanctuary cities.”

While we prefer decisions concerning the local community be left at the local level, sometimes local politicians are unwilling or unable to act.  It’s on those occasions—until we can replace fearful pols with more courageous ones—that our constitution allows the state legislature to enact laws that protect citizens and the society itself.

To read more on this development, read the report from The Texas Tribune

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