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 |
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