Dallas County officials voiced concerns Tuesday about the cost to taxpayers for a new state immigration enforcement law already approved by the Texas Senate.
The law would make it a Class A misdemeanor with jail time to be in Texas without proper immigration status.
“Over a quarter million people that fit this criteria for this crime would then be held up to a year in our jail,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said. Senate Bill 11, sponsored by Granbury Republican Senator Brian Birdwell, received a committee hearing in the Texas House on Monday.County officials have been scrambling this year to add jail capacity. About 200 temporary beds were recently approved by state jail regulators.
“It is already illegal to be in the state without authorization any way so really that extra law just punishes taxpayers all over the State of Texas,” Commissioner Elba Garcia said. “It means raising taxes because they’re not paying for the law that they’re passing. And it’s not only unfair. It’s discriminatory.”
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