June 02, 2025
RINO Texas
Timothy Birdnow
We often think of Texas as a deep-red state, a very conservative state. But it isn't. It's the state that gave American Lyndon Johnson, for instance. The state legislature is still very RINO.
Case in point:
In spite of the fact that Texas is ground zero for illegal immigration the Republican state legislature passed a "do not cooperate" law that essentially forces sheriffs to not work with DHS and ICE.
FTA:
So sheriffs who operate jails can't work with ICE, essentially. Who does this benefit? Certainly not the people of Texas. Seems to me it benefits the cartels.
I suppose the RINO legislature thinks they are somehow "winning" tthe Hispanic vote by bucking the Trump administration.
Remember, this is the same legislature that impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over bogus allegations of corruption.
So Texas wants Federal help but doesn't want to assist the feds in their work.
The real danger here is the upcoming election; if the people of Texas choose not to vote and the GOP loses a seat or two because the state legislature refuses to implement the will of the public then the GOp could lose the House and with that all the investigations and impeachments come back. Trump will be a lame-duck President. We will have lost our opportunity.
Texans are proud of being independent and conservative. Sadly their voting record doesn't really reflect that.
We often think of Texas as a deep-red state, a very conservative state. But it isn't. It's the state that gave American Lyndon Johnson, for instance. The state legislature is still very RINO.
Case in point:
In spite of the fact that Texas is ground zero for illegal immigration the Republican state legislature passed a "do not cooperate" law that essentially forces sheriffs to not work with DHS and ICE.
FTA:
After SB 8, filed by state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, passed the Senate, a substitute bill passed the House filed by Rep. David Spiller, R-Jacksboro, which the Senate rejected. A conference committee released a revised bill on Saturday.
It only applies to "certain sheriffs” that operate jails or enter into contracts with vendors that operate jails, according to the bill language. It doesn’t apply to state agencies or police departments. It doesn’t respond to a Trump administration request for all law enforcement officials in all counties nationwide to participate in a federal immigration program referred to as 287(g). Named after a section of the 1996 Immigration and Nationality Act, it authorizes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to delegate to state and local law enforcement officers specified immigration functions under ICE supervision.
Under the Biden administration, former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas limited 287(g) participation to a jail model, which the Texas bill follows.
The Trump administration expanded 287(g) to three models, a Jail Enforcement Model (JEM), Task Force Model (TFM) and Warrant Service Officer (WSO) model, The Center Square reported. Additional models may be rolled out in the future. ICE provides free training, saying it "bears the cost of 287(g) training for law enforcement agencies.”
As of May 29, law enforcement agencies in 40 states were participating in 287(g), with the greatest number of agreements signed in Florida, The Center Square reported.
Florida agencies are participating in all three models, including Florida’s 67 sheriff’s offices; roughly 90 police departments; multiple university police departments, including boards of trustees; county commissioners; airport police; multiple departments of corrections, among others. No other state has the level of participation that Florida does.
By comparison, 64 Texas sheriffs have signed at least one 287(g) agreement with ICE, as well as the Nixon Police Department, Texas National Guard and Texas Office of Attorney General. Applications are pending from four additional sheriffs, as of May 29 data.
Current sheriff participation represents roughly 27% of Texas’ 254 counties. The majority are counties with small populations with limited funds. Notably absent are the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and other state agencies.
It only applies to "certain sheriffs” that operate jails or enter into contracts with vendors that operate jails, according to the bill language. It doesn’t apply to state agencies or police departments. It doesn’t respond to a Trump administration request for all law enforcement officials in all counties nationwide to participate in a federal immigration program referred to as 287(g). Named after a section of the 1996 Immigration and Nationality Act, it authorizes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to delegate to state and local law enforcement officers specified immigration functions under ICE supervision.
Under the Biden administration, former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas limited 287(g) participation to a jail model, which the Texas bill follows.
The Trump administration expanded 287(g) to three models, a Jail Enforcement Model (JEM), Task Force Model (TFM) and Warrant Service Officer (WSO) model, The Center Square reported. Additional models may be rolled out in the future. ICE provides free training, saying it "bears the cost of 287(g) training for law enforcement agencies.”
As of May 29, law enforcement agencies in 40 states were participating in 287(g), with the greatest number of agreements signed in Florida, The Center Square reported.
Florida agencies are participating in all three models, including Florida’s 67 sheriff’s offices; roughly 90 police departments; multiple university police departments, including boards of trustees; county commissioners; airport police; multiple departments of corrections, among others. No other state has the level of participation that Florida does.
By comparison, 64 Texas sheriffs have signed at least one 287(g) agreement with ICE, as well as the Nixon Police Department, Texas National Guard and Texas Office of Attorney General. Applications are pending from four additional sheriffs, as of May 29 data.
Current sheriff participation represents roughly 27% of Texas’ 254 counties. The majority are counties with small populations with limited funds. Notably absent are the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and other state agencies.
So sheriffs who operate jails can't work with ICE, essentially. Who does this benefit? Certainly not the people of Texas. Seems to me it benefits the cartels.
I suppose the RINO legislature thinks they are somehow "winning" tthe Hispanic vote by bucking the Trump administration.
Remember, this is the same legislature that impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over bogus allegations of corruption.
So Texas wants Federal help but doesn't want to assist the feds in their work.
The real danger here is the upcoming election; if the people of Texas choose not to vote and the GOP loses a seat or two because the state legislature refuses to implement the will of the public then the GOp could lose the House and with that all the investigations and impeachments come back. Trump will be a lame-duck President. We will have lost our opportunity.
Texans are proud of being independent and conservative. Sadly their voting record doesn't really reflect that.
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