Bill Escalating Racial Profiling Reintroduced in Fourth Special Session of the Year Advances to Full House Vote, Texas Freedom Network Decries Continued Attacks on Border and Immigrant Communities
November 10, 2023
November 10, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 10 -- The Texas Freedom Network issued the following statement on Nov. 9, 2023:
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The Texas House State Affairs Committee today voted out HB4, a bill that would allow law enforcement to remove undocumented people from Texas and drop them at a port of entry.
The legislation has been widely criticized by the community, legislators, and young Texans for its potential to separate families and put people at risk of racial profiling.
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The Texas House State Affairs Committee today voted out HB4, a bill that would allow law enforcement to remove undocumented people from Texas and drop them at a port of entry.
The legislation has been widely criticized by the community, legislators, and young Texans for its potential to separate families and put people at risk of racial profiling.
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