Posted on 11/11/2026 11:36:10 AM PST by JeepersFreepers
Two Democrat lawmakers have filed bills to repeal a Texas law that required county sheriffs to enroll their departments in a federal immigration enforcement participation program.
Senate Bill 8, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in June 2025, required sheriffs of counties with populations of 100,000 or greater to participate in ICE’s 287(g) program. However, House Bill 123 and Senate Bill 99 filed Monday by State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (D–San Antonio) and State Sen. José Menéndez (D–San Antonio) respectively seek to repeal these laws.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Section 287(g) Program authorizes the delegation of “state and local law enforcement officers the authority to perform specified immigration officer functions under ICE’s direction and oversight.” The program operates through three different models of greater or lesser involvement for local officers, and has been in place since 1996.
In addition to mandating participation in the 287(g) program, SB 8 also provides “financial assistance to locally elected sheriffs in counties with populations under 1 million to help cover the costs of participating in the 287(g) program through grants.”
“It’s not just about securing the border, it’s about public safety,” said State Rep. David Spiller (R–Jacksboro), who had carried the measure in the Texas House.
He added, “The focus previously before President Trump got back in office was mainly [to] secure the border. That’s being done, but we still have to deal with what’s happened over the past four years—and quite frankly the years before that—so the focus is still the same but it’s slightly directed more toward just public safety concern.”
The bill filed by Martinez Fischer seeks to repeal “laws requiring agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and providing a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements.”
The bill references Chapter 753, Government Code specifically, which was put into place by Senate Bill 8, and would also prevent the comptroller from awarding grants that would help sheriffs participate in “immigration law enforcement agreements,” as specified under Subchapter C, Chapter 753.
The filings come shortly after Mayor John Whitmire directed the Houston Police Department to only report individuals arrested for “jailable offenses” to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has similarly called for the city council to revisit its ICE policy.
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Their priority is to LIE!
It’s their native language.
Hand over your weapons.
Open all your doors.
Stupid voters reaping the rewards of stupidity.
I truly don’t now how we survive this and avoid a civl war.
“So far, the announced democrat priorities, once they assume power in Texas in January have been: Gun confiscation, gutting immigration enforcement, expanding Obamacare, removing religious exemptions for judges forcing them to perform homosexual weddings, and hike minimum wage. They ran on affordability and inflation. I don’t see these on the list of priorities.”
They also ran for statewide office on cutting county and city property taxes, which they can’t do because the State does not collect property taxes
A Republic,
If you can keep it
The Origin
• The Date & Setting: On September 17, 1787, at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Franklin stepped outside of Independence Hall.
These two senores as members of the Democrat/Communist/Jihadist Party are emboldened by the recent election, even at the risk of endangering public safety and in conflict with the Federal government’s responsiblity to defend the nation’s borders.
Who’s going to fight your civil war?
My city, San Antonio, is a democrat cesspool with a republican political machine that has had sand in its gears for 40 years.
Of the 254 counties in Texas, at least 220 are rural and Republican; they should simply ignore what the leftwing nuts at the State level tell them to do.
Republicans still hold the Texas Senate, this will never pass.
Yes, Rs hold the Texas Senate and this afternoon, with the counting of provisional ballots, found that we hold the North Carolina Senate, also by one vote, to enable the thwarting of the initiatives by the left wing nuts voted into power at the head of both states.
“Who’s going to fight your civil war?”
Not you. That’s for damned sure. You’ll gladly be the American version of a Kapo.
L
Remember how everything PDJT tried to do was immediately stopped by a federal judge?
Watch this happen here. Ha ha, just kidding.
There. Fixed it.
Yeah
Only 18–12 Republican control of the Texas Senate stands between the people of Texas and complete insanity written into law.
Trump could have a winning solution, just by letting LIBTARDS have their way in all politics. Trump should ask each Mayor in this country if they want Federal agents in their city. If NO, announce that no agents will enter except federal buildings security. Illegals, gang members, rapists, robbers will know they will be safe there. Have these idiots sign such wishes. When an illegal kills, rapes in their city/county, Publish signed documents and photos and let the idiots have their way.
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