Tim Eaton from the American-Statesman reported on Texas Legislature HB 1202 in an article published February 9, 2011. In addition to providing an overview of this pending legislation, if passed would make it a state jail felony to knowingly hire an undocumented immigrant, Eaton highlights significant concerns this bill raises among Texas police forces.
Luis Figueroa of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund is quoted in the article as he stated, “Police have neither the expertise nor the resources to determine someone’s work status, and officers who might raid a company wouldn’t necessarily know what documents to look for.”
Visit statesman.com to read the complete article: http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/new-bill-targets-employers-who-hire-illegal-immigrants-1244256.html
Similar concerns were voiced by Austin Police Department members in a recent news feature on Austin News, MSNBC:
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