... than be cooperative with ICE and allow the State of Texas to fund upgraded, "rifle-resistant" body armor for her deputies. Stupid cow!
http://hotair.com/archives/2018/02/18/austin-sheriffs-deputies-lack-sufficient-body-armor-due-ice-resistance/
Here's a story which demonstrates how national "movements" wind up having real-world impacts on the local level. It's become quite popular for officials, both elected and among law enforcement, to #RESIST Trump by refusing to accept detainers from ICE when they arrest criminal illegal aliens. The federal government has been pushing back on this in various ways, but it's also happening at the state level. In Texas, for instance, Governor Abbot previously established a series of grants which would be used to purchase upgraded, "rifle-resistant" body armor for law enforcement officers.
Given the number of police and sheriffs who have been killed in Texas over the past few years, some in ambush situations with powerful weapons, this was a widely popular move. But in Travis County, composed mostly of the City of Austin, the new armor will not be received as things stand now. One requirement to qualify for the grant was that the law enforcement agency had to provide a letter stating that they would honor ICE detainers. Austin's Sheriff has thus far refused to sign such a letter.
Travis County Sheriff's Office deputies do not have rifle-resistance vests because Sheriff Sally Hernandez will not commit to hold all arrested undocumented immigrants for deportation.
In January, Governor Abbott announced the state would fund $23 million in grants to purchase 33,000 vests for more than 450 law enforcement departments. Every agency that applied for vests received them. Travis County did not apply for the grant because one condition from the governor's office required the agency to "sign a letter confirming compliance with ICE detainer requests both now and during the grant term of at least one year," according to Travis County Commissioner's Court records.
The deadline to apply for the vests was Sept. 6, 2017, and Travis County officials were still thinking of applying days before the deadline. ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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