Senator Rodríguez: Supreme Court ruling on Arizona law “recipe for disaster”

AUSTIN — In reaction to today’s Supreme Court decision on Arizona’s immigration law, Texas state Senator José Rodríguez issued the following statement:

“I am deeply troubled by the decision handed down today by the Supreme Court. To give state and local law enforcement officers the power to act as federal immigration officers is a recipe for disaster.

“As a result of today’s decision, I am confident that there will be several pieces of legislation filed during the next legislative session requiring Texas law enforcement officers to ask immigration status. These harmful measures hurt the ability of our police to develop and foster relationships with immigrant communities — relationships critical in combating and solving crime.

“Once this law goes into effect in Arizona, and once cases of discrimination come to the forefront as a result of this measure, I feel confident that it will be reexamined and repealed by the Supreme Court.

“The critical question that still remains is whether or not the Arizona law will result in racial profiling.”

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