“Anti-Immigrant Bill is Sanctuary for Prejudice”

Washington, D.C.— Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Democrat on the House Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee and former justice on the Texas Supreme Court, spoke again on the House Floor to express support for local law enforcement against anti-immigrant politically-motivated rhetoric. Rep. Doggett said:

"The only sanctuary involved here today is the sanctuary that this sorry bill provides for prejudice. This is the Trump counterpart to the outrageous Senate Bill 4 that Governor Greg Abbott has been promoting in Texas. It all goes back to the rhetoric last year about the ‘bad hombres' and the attacks on Mexico and Mexicans. I want the ‘bad hombres' off the street no matter where they come from.

"I look to local law enforcement officers to tell me the best way to protect crime. They say maintaining the confidence of the immigrant community is vital and that measures like this would simply have politicians in Washington interfering with and attempting to intimidate local law enforcement officers, doing the exact opposite of what all these speeches claim. Anti-immigrant hysteria… what a way to leave for July 4th from a Congress that has accomplished practically nothing except to attack immigrants as we depart, instead of standing by and supporting local law enforcement and making our communities safe."

You can view Rep. Doggett's full remarks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNVpt4lYoEY&feature=youtu.be