MS bill to offer bounty hunters $1k for 'illegal aliens'

[Cattledog]

A bill that would allow certified bounty hunters to assist in identifying and reporting undocumented immigrants was introduced in the Mississippi House of Representatives Wednesday.

House Bill 1484, proposed by the Desoto County District Attorney and authored by state Rep. Justin Keen, would create the Mississippi Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program.

The program would offer a $1,000 reward to registered bounty hunters for each successful deportation they help facilitate.

According to the Desoto County DA’s office, the reward would be funded by the General Assembly and administered by the state treasurer and is intended to encourage collaboration between law enforcement and private citizens in identifying individuals unlawfully residing in Mississippi, thereby assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in their removal efforts.

https://wreg.com/news/mid-south/ms-bill-to-offer-bounty-hunters-1k-for-illegal-aliens/

[yourout]

1. Right out of the Nazi playbook.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Lynching has been made legal with a reward.

[oasis]

3. Broke ass state of Mississippi has money for that?

[Farmer-Rick]

14. Yup, They can't afford to feed their children lunches

But they can reward bounty hunters $1,000s?

"Mississippi quits child food program amid Republican ‘welfare state’ attack"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/13/mississippi-child-school-food-program-welfare-state

[EarthFirst]

4. I knew this was coming...

Straight out of the authoritarian playbook.

Soon the new ‘swatting’ effort will entail anonymously reporting businesses; churches and or schools to ICE and create dangerous situations for anyone involved or in the area…

[Solly Mack]

5. Sick.

[NoMoreRepugs]

6. When will they amend it to "Dead or Alive?"

[Vinca]

7. It's only a matter of time before it's open season on brown people and the newly released "patriots" will be all in.

[bronxiteforever]

8. Dred Scot 2. This along with the Texas bounty

against women traveling to other states for reproductive health care shows you where we are headed.
The governments of the southern states are going to declare war on humanity.

[atreides1]

9. Isn't that wonderful

Mississippi bringing back "slave" hunters, talk about nostalgia.

Did you read the catch?

The program would offer a $1,000 reward to registered bounty hunters for each successful deportation they help facilitate.

In other words you don't get paid until the Feds deport the person.

In Nazi Germany, if you turned your neighbor in, you didn't get money, but you might have been able to move into a bigger apartment/house!

[surfered]

10. So much for that welcoming the stranger thing Jesus kept talking about

[JHB]

11. Very East German Stasi of them. For all they spew the word at others, look who the real "commies" are.

Once again, every accusation is a confession.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Sorry fellow DUers, but I hate this country.

Why I'm leaving.

[AverageOldGuy]

13. Speaking as a native of Mississippi

Born 1944 rural SW MS, educated in segregated, Jim Crow school system, learned about the War Between the States in which damnyankees led by ignorant Lincoln and drunkard Grant prevailed over the Godly Saint Robert E Lee.

Left at age 18, never looked back, went back only for funerals.

Broke off all contact with my Mississippi cousins (except for one who is a Democrat) because they all are MAGAts.

This POS bill likely will pass.

[70sEraVet]

15. Hatred is like a drug.

When we run low on immigrants to target, the hatred won't end -- it's addictive. They'll just switch to new targets. Well, actually, old targets. Blacks, Jews, gays.

[Wuddles440]

16. and Democrats....