Texas police officer under fire after message to illegal immigrants goes vira

Renae · Feb 3, 2017

Texas police officer under fire after message to illegal immigrants goes viral | Fox News

[FONT=&quot]A Texas police officer is under fire after posting an unauthorized video telling undocumented immigrants in his city that his department has not enforced immigration laws “for many, many years.”
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Fort Worth Officer Daniel Segura posted a nearly 6-minute video on his Facebook page Wednesday morning, hoping to calm fears in the local Hispanic community following President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and the national debate over “sanctuary cities.”[/FONT]

Here's a guy I wouldn't want him protecting my streets.

Blue_State · Feb 3, 2017

His heart was in the right place. If he wasn't in uniform...no problem. With that uniform on, you are speaking for your department and town.

Skeptic Bob · Feb 3, 2017

While I certainly have zero problems with local police refusing to expend money and manpower on federal immigration matters, this officer was out of line making public statements like that. Leave that stuff to the Mayor and the Chief of Police.

Hicup · Feb 3, 2017

You're fired!

That is all.

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SenorXm/Sirius · Feb 3, 2017

In Texas, lawmakers don't mess with employers of undocumented workers

For all their condemnations of illegal immigration, Texas lawmakers — Republican and Democratic — have shown little interest in cracking down on businesses that employ undocumented workers.

BY JAY ROOTDEC. 14, 2016 12:01 AM

The reason is simple: Business interests rely on undocumented immigrant workers, while pro-immigrant activists fight to protect the labor rights of those facing abuse and exploitation. When the Chamber of Commerce and the American Civil Liberties Union are on the same side of an issue at the Capitol, they’re hard to beat.

“We know what an important part immigrant labor plays in Texas, and to suddenly wipe out large sectors ... would have a devastating impact on the Texas economy,” said Bill Hammond, head of the influential Texas Association of Business, the state’s top business advocacy group. “We need immigrant labor to do those tasks where not enough Americans will.”

The left-right convergence — bringing businessmen and liberal immigration activists together — has been key in blocking legislation that would make life more difficult for undocumented immigrants in Texas, said Bill Beardall, executive director of the Equal Justice Center, a nonprofit law firm that advocates for immigrants and other low-wage workers in Austin.

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When former Republican Gov. Rick Perry was at the height of his power and sought to shore up his right flank ahead of a run for president in 2011, top business leaders joined with civil rights organizations to shoot down his effort to empower local police to crack down on undocumented immigrants in so-called “sanctuary cities.” It was viewed as bad for business.

Those lined up against included one of Perry’s largest state donors at the time, the late Houston billionaire homebuilder Bob Perry (no relation), perhaps best known for being the financier behind the infamous “swift boat” ads against 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry; and Charles Butt, the billionaire chairman and CEO of H-E-B Grocery, a bipartisan political donor known for his support of public schools and opposition to private school voucher initiatives.

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/14/lawmakers-go-easy-employers-undocumented-workers/

I've said this for YEARS. The business friendly GOP is in no hurry to stop illegals, They never have, even in Texas. And they NEVER will.. The GOP base has been lied to all these years.

NonoBadDog · Feb 3, 2017

No idea why this went viral other than it might be an emotional issue. He has the right to have opinions and express them. He screwed up in two ways. He wore a uniform and that leaves the impression that he is co-mingling his professional position with is personal opinion. He doesn't have authorization to speak for the department. The other issue is that some cities are trying to avoid the label of "sanctuary city" to avoid a legal battle with the DOJ. This guy just gave the DOJ a hand full of ammunition in that fight to label Fort Worth as a sanctuary city. If I were the mayor of Fort Worth I would have his ass. Minimum he would be feeling teeth marks in his butt cheeks for six months.

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