An incoming Missouri state lawmaker launched a invoice to offer $1,000 to individuals who report unlawful migrants to authorities.
Republican state Sen.-elect David Gregory proposed a measure that will provide $1,000 to any one who turned in an unlawful migrant who’s subsequently arrested.
SB 72 would enable the state’s Division of Public Security to “develop an info system for individuals to report violations of this act which shall embody a toll-free phone hotline, e-mail and on-line reporting portal.”
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Immigrants line up at a distant U.S. Border Patrol processing middle after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on December 7, 2023, in Lukeville, Arizona. (John Moore/Getty Photographs)
The invoice would additionally create the “Missouri Unlawful Alien Licensed Bounty Hunter Program” which might enable native residents to function bounty hunters “for the aim of discovering and detaining unlawful aliens” within the state.
Solely bail bond brokers and surety restoration brokers could apply to this system to function bounty hunters.
The proposal would additionally make it a felony for anybody to be within the state as an unlawful migrant.
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Migrants wait in line to enter the shelter arrange by the authorities for migrants as migrants look ahead to an appointment by the U.S. Customs and Border Safety (CBP) one utility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on Could 23, 2023. (Christian Torres Chavez/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Photographs)
“As I ran for State Senate, I promised to make Missouri a nationwide chief in combating unlawful immigration,” Gregory mentioned in a put up on the social media platform X.
“Now, I am following by with my promise. SB 72 makes it a felony to be right here illegally and the invoice will lastly enable Missouri regulation enforcement to seek out and arrest unlawful immigrants,” he continued. “We’d like all fingers on deck to make sure we catch unlawful immigrants BEFORE they commit violent crimes.”
Migrants board a state-sponsored bus to New York exterior the Mission: Border Hope non-profit group in Eagle Go, Texas, on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Christopher Lee/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)
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President-elect Trump has promised mass deportations in his second administration.
