Press Release: Border Network for Human Rights
** El Paso believes Texas can do better **
DOZENS EXPRESS THEIR OUTRAGE IN OPPOSITION TO HB12
El Paso, TX-The Border Network for Human Rights, a human rights organization based in El Paso, is organizing a vigil TODAY Tuesday May 24 at 4:00 P.M. outside the headquarters of the Republican Party in El Paso (6006 N. Mesa) in opposition to proposal HB12.
After a trick played by Sen. Tommy Williams on Friday, the proposal HB12 (imitation of the Arizona Law), is back in the legislature.
It is common knowledge that HB12 would divert precious law enforcement resources away from their real job: keeping Texas communities safe. Instead, this legislation would turn our local police officers into immigration agents forced to tell the detainees, "your papers, please."
FACT: HB12 is opposed by nearly ALL law enforcement leaders in Texas.
HB12 is a serious threat in terms of racial profiling, unfunded mandates, invasion of privacy, civil rights violations, and the list goes on and on. In addition, this bill sets a bad expensive litigation in Texas, the same kind that has cost millions to Arizona. Texas can do better than this.
It's time to defend civil rights, our communities and our tax dollars.
After a trick played by Sen. Tommy Williams on Friday, the proposal HB12 (imitation of the Arizona Law), is back in the legislature.
It is common knowledge that HB12 would divert precious law enforcement resources away from their real job: keeping Texas communities safe. Instead, this legislation would turn our local police officers into immigration agents forced to tell the detainees, "your papers, please."
FACT: HB12 is opposed by nearly ALL law enforcement leaders in Texas.
HB12 is a serious threat in terms of racial profiling, unfunded mandates, invasion of privacy, civil rights violations, and the list goes on and on. In addition, this bill sets a bad expensive litigation in Texas, the same kind that has cost millions to Arizona. Texas can do better than this.
It's time to defend civil rights, our communities and our tax dollars.
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