A Sanctuary City Bill Setback

by Melissa del Bosque

Friday, May 06, 2011

At the beginning of the six hour-debate Friday in the Texas House, Republican state Rep. Solomons worked to differentiate his sanctuary city immigration bill from the controversial Arizona immigration bill passed last year. He explained that the Arizona bill requires police to check for citizenship status. His bill prevents cities and state agencies from prohibiting it.

It got more confusing from there. First it started with a debate over whether sanctuary cities existed at all. “Why do we even need this bill?â€