Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to stand with Lupe. That is Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez. Sheriff Lupe Valdez has a great history in Dallas County, but recently she has come under attack from our Governor for trying to build relationships between the law enforcement community and the immigrant community. Governor Abbott sent a threatening letter to Sheriff Valdez, questioning her decision to decline certain Federal ICE detainers when the immigrant in question is not a public safety risk--not a public safety risk. Sheriff Valdez understands that, in order to serve and protect the immigrant community, she must have the trust of that community. I call on Governor Abbott, instead of trying to erode that trust between law enforcement and the immigrant community, to work with the Republican Texas delegation to push for comprehensive immigration reform, to push for the things that the business community wants, that the church community wants, in order to do something about our broken immigration system instead of trying to push for things like sanctuary city bills. If we work together with the immigrant community and do the right thing, together we can work on solving a lot of these issues. I ask my colleagues and the Governor to stand with Lupe and to do the right thing when it comes to Texas immigrants. ____________________”