Lawmakers scuffled on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives on Monday after a Dallas-area Republican told Democrats that he called Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on protesters in the House gallery.

 

“We were just on the floor talking about the SB4 protests, and [state Rep.] Matt Rinaldi came up to us and made it a point to say, ‘I called (ICE) on all of them,’ ” state Rep. Philip Cortez (D) said. “And this is completely unacceptable. We will not be intimidated. We will not be disrespected.”

 

The protesters were apparently chanting and waving signs against Senate Bill 4, the controversial Texas legislation that Gov. Greg Abbott ® signed into law this month. It bans sanctuary cities, allows police to question anyone they detain about their immigration status, and compels local officials to comply with federal requests to detain individuals in state and local law enforcement facilities. The law was passed amid a national conversation about immigration enforcement priorities and promises from the Trump administration to aggressively pursue and deport undocumented immigrants.

I didn't see anything that indicated that ICE actually showed up and arrested anyone.

I didn't see anything that indicated that ICE actually showed up and arrested anyone.

 

The article doesn't mention if anyone was arrested, unless I missed it.

Also from the article.

 

 

At one point, some of the language between the two sides apparently turned violent.

 

“There was a threat made from Representative Rinaldi to put a bullet in one of my colleagues’ heads,” state Rep. Justin Rodriguez said during the news conference. “That kind of threatening language, he needs to be called out and held accountable for.”

 

But Rinaldi said the threat went the other way — that state Rep. Poncho Nevárez (D) “threatened my life on the House floor.”

ICE... I remember being trained by ICE, in short, they told us not to call them for anything under 30 suspected illegal aliens and they reminded us (which of course we knew) we have no law enforcement powers when it came to immigration.

 

This was under a Republican President and as I have said before I blame both parties for the mess we are in.

What is the problem with calling ICE when people are openly saying they are illegal. They are mocking the system.