The 36 Ideas

Illegal Alien Control Ideas Embedded In Bills That Were Introduced In The 80th Session Of The Texas Legislature.

1. Prevent a state entity or local municipality from creating an ordinance or policy that violates state or federal law (stop Sanctuary Cities). Reference: HB 13

2. Deny government benefits to the children of illegal alien parents. Reference: HB 28

3. Place a surcharge on moneys sent out of the U. S. by Illegal aliens. Reference: HB 29 , SB 268

4. Require that a petitioner for a state license be a lawful resident of Texas. Reference: HB 38

5. Mandate training of certain state law enforcement personnel under the federal program known as 287G. Reference: HB 3704

6. Mandate that an applicant for non-emergency medical assistance be required to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Reference: HB 40

7. Mandate that a person registering to vote provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Reference: HB 101, HB 626

8. Close the loophole in the Education Code that now allows illegal aliens to receive in-state tuition status. Reference: HB 104, HB 159, HB 141, HB 39

9. Require that state agencies report the cost of services and benefits issued to illegal aliens. Reference: HB 127

10. Define human trafficking and provide penalties for same. Reference: HB 3370

11. Mandate that grant recipients of the Texas Enterprise Fund hire only lawful residents, not illegal aliens. Reference: HB 351

12. Mandate that marriage certificate applicants affirm than they are not using marriage to circumvent immigration laws. Reference: HB 578, HB 691, HB 1377, SB 47

13. Give the power of arrest to federal law enforcement officers including agents of Homeland Security and Border Patrol. Reference: HB 700

14. Create a criminal trespass offense for illegal aliens within the boundaries of the U.S. Reference: SB 773

15. Authorize peace officers to inquire into the citizenship status of persons arrested or detained, forbid local ordinances abridging this authorization. Reference: HB 858, SB 1840

16. Prevent local governments from specifically creating a place, with taxpayer money, for illegal aliens to find work. Reference: HB 904

17. Requests that police officials make an effort to determine the citizenship status of jailed persons. Reference: HB 905

18. Regulate immigration service and assistance and provide penalties for violations. Reference: HB 906

19. Allow law-enforcement of federal law by state authorities. Reference: HB 907

20. Require that state and local government entities and government contractors verify employment eligibility through the system set up by the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Reference: HB 908, HB 291 and SB 116

21. Require proof of citizenship before issuance of a driver's license, define proof. Reference: HB 931

22. Forbid County officials from adopting a policy that does not fully enforce state or federal immigration laws. Reference: HB 1012

23. Limit state benefits to applicants who are lawful residents of the United States. Reference: HB 1132

24. Limit state health benefits for children to citizens of the U.S.A. . Reference: HB 1155

25. Forbid county officials from adopting a policy that does not enforce state or federal immigration laws, authorize peace officers, and county officials to inquire into the citizenship status of persons arrested or detained. Reference: HB 1256, HB 1727

26. Provide for cancellation of voter registration due to citizenship status. Reference: SB 1464

27. Confiscate exemplary damage awards to illegal aliens for the state treasury. Reference: HB 1527

28. Forbid the reliance upon identity documents issued by another country when determining state benefits, issuing driver's license, state hiring, etc. Reference: HB 1604

29. Set penalties for counties and municipalities who adopt policies or ordinances' that mandate non-enforcement of state or federal immigration laws? Reference: HB 1774

30. Require schools to determine and report the number of illegal alien children in the school. Reference: HB 1941

31. Create the penalty of criminal trespass for anyone who has been deported or denied admission and is found to be within the boundaries of the United States. Reference: HB 2180

32. Provide for an annual comparison of deceased voters and voters who have refused to serve on a jury because they are not a citizen of the United States and purging of same by county registrars. Reference: HB 2247

33. Authorize a study on the feasibility of using increased technology to identify and deter fraud including citizenship, (Sec. 531.1112.) Reference: HB 2404

34. Connect the expiration date for a non resident foreign national commercial driver's license to the expiration date of the applicant's documentation. Reference: HB 2861

35. Applicants for a driver's license or identity card must present proof of lawful residence; license must expire when proof expires. Reference: HB 2869

36. Authorize counties to determine the citizenship status of jailed persons with help, when needed, of the proper federal authorities. Also authorize counties to build temporary quarters to detain illegal aliens for up to three months. Reference: HB 3020