BATON ROUGE,
LA – Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following statement praising the
Louisiana House of Representatives for passing HB 676, a bill aimed at
prohibiting the adoption of sanctuary policies:
“In a loud, overwhelming manner the Louisiana House declared our State should
not give more rights to criminal illegal aliens than to our own citizens.
Sanctuary cities impede communication and coordination with immigration
authorities which in turn threatens public safety and jeopardizes our State’s
access to federal funding. I am hopeful the Louisiana Senate will follow the
lead of Texas, where Governor Abbott recently signed a new law prohibiting
sanctuary cities in Texas. The Senate and the Governor should stand with
Representative Hodges and the people of our State and say no to the harboring
of illegal aliens. We must stand together in support of this public safety
measure.”
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A sanctuary policy is any order, rule, ordinance, guideline, or law that
prohibits cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); prohibits
the sending, requesting, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging of information
with ICE; or prevents law enforcement officers from asking any person under
lawful arrest his name, date, place of birth, and immigration status while
conducting an investigation.