Texas state rep calls ICE on 'sanctuary city' protesters

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-state-rep-calls-ice-on-sanctuary-city-protesters/ar-BBBDGEt?li=BBnb7Kz

Texas 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.


The good people of Texas don't deserve ignorance on this scale

[emulatorloo]

1. See also: "Texas Republican 'threatens to shoot Democrat' over immigration protest"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029132440

"A group of Democratic state representatives on Monday accused a Republican of threatening to “put a bullet in the head” of a fellow lawmaker on the Texas House floor, as a raucous protest against a new state immigration law unfolded in a public gallery and legislators confronted each other."

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At an afternoon news conference, the Democrats said Republican Matt Rinaldi, from suburban Dallas, made the shooting threat towards Poncho Nevarez, a Democrat from the border town of Eagle Pass. Several Democrats said Rinaldi also bragged about “calling Ice” on protesters who interrupted a floor session, leading to a near-scuffle between Rinaldi and Democrat Cesar Blanco. The Democrats said Rinaldi’s comments about shooting came during a second altercation, moments later.