2.9.2017
"Elected officials do not get to pick and choose which laws they will obey." 
On Wednesday, just days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that strips sanctuary states and cities of federal funding if they "attempt to shield aliens from deportation," the Texas State Senate
approved a bill that withholds state funding for sanctuary cities in which police fail to enforce immigration laws.
Under Senate Bill 4, law enforcement in cities, counties and on college campuses
would have to hold an arrested person in custody while US Customs and Immigration Enforcement looks into his or her immigration status. If the entities fail to do so, they could be denied state grant money.
On Tuesday,
Texas state senators passed the bill along party lines, with 20 Republicans in favor and 11 Democrats opposed, according to CNN. The bill then went through a procedural vote the next day and is now headed to the House.
"Elected officials do not get to pick and choose which laws they will obey," said Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in a prepared statement. "Today's action in the Senate helps ensure that Sheriffs and officials across Texas comply with federal immigration laws and honor Immigration and Custom Enforcement detainer requests that
keep dangerous criminals off of our streets."
The Texas bill "is the answer to local jurisdictions picking and choosing what laws they enforce," said its author, Republican state Sen. Charles Perry of Lubbock. "The rule of law matters, and when you have individuals picking and choosing which laws they implement and how they implement those laws, it just perpetuates instability."
CNN noted that "Perry's bill would also
allow crime victims to sue local officials who release immigrants that the feds suspect are in the country without proper documents -- if those people go on to commit felonies within 10 years of their release. It would not permit officers to stop a vehicle or search a home or business 'solely to enforce a federal law relating to aliens, immigrants, or immigration,' the draft states."
http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/texas-senate-abolishes-sanctuary-cities
