Texas state rep calls ICE on 'sanctuary city' protesters
A large protest against Texas' new sanctuary city law on Monday disrupted the last day of the state Legislature's regular session.
exas state Rep. Matt Rinaldi (R-Irving) and several Democrats reportedly exchanged angry words on the state House floor, according the the Texas Tribune.
Several members said that Rinaldi told a group of Hispanic lawmakers that he had Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on the protesters.
"He came up to us and said, 'I'm glad I just called ICE to have all these people deported,'" state Rep. Cesar Blanco (D-El Paso) told the Texas Tribune.
Rinaldi said he called ICE because he didn't know how to handle the large protest.
"A lot of people had signs that said, 'We are illegal and here to stay,'" he told the paper. "And we called law enforcement trying to incentivize them to leave the House. They were disrupting. They were breaking the law."
He said he was "pushed, jostled and someone threatened to kill me. It was basically just bullying."
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