Texas Border Business
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez demanded the Texas Department of Public Safety answer questions on whether Texas state resources are being used to target and harass Latinos under the guise of enforcing immigration law.
“Texas Latinos and immigrant children are being targeted by brutal and barely trained ICE agents. They are terrorizing U.S. citizens, separating families, deporting months-old babies, and raiding the dorms of whistleblowers. This cruelty and inhumanity has no place in our Nation, let alone our great state,” said Senator Gutierrez.
“I am demanding a full account of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s involvement in the targeting of Latino communities and immigrant children in our state. I will not stand by or be silent while our communities are being traumatized by the people currently in power.”
Senator Gutierrez has demanded in an open records request that Texas DPS provide the following information:
• Any and all documents concerning immigration enforcement strategies targeting Latino communities in Texas in the last 120 days;
• Any and all documents concerning immigration enforcement strategies targeting recipients of Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in the last 120 days;
• Any and all documents concerning immigration enforcement strategies targeting immigrant children in Texas schools in the last 120 days;
• Any communications from, to or between DPS and the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or any federal agency within DHS concerning immigration enforcement strategies in Texas targeting Latino communities, DACA recipients, or immigrant children in Texas schools;
• Any communications from, to, or between DPS and the Office of the Governor of Texas concerning immigration enforcement strategies in Texas targeting Latino communities, DACA recipients, or immigrant children in Texas schools.
Senator Gutierrez’s open records request can be viewed here in full.
