Texas Senate Blocks Anti-immigration Bill

On May 24, Senate Democrats voted to keep the controversial Texas HB 12 from moving to the floor.  In the same vein as the Arizona’s anti-immigration law, SB 1070, Rep. Burt Soloman’s HB 12 would prevent counties, cities, and other governmental entities or special districts from implementing policies that prohibit law enforcement from asking the immigration status of individuals who are arrested or lawfully detained.  Click here to view the bill.

On May 10, hours after the House passed the bill on to the Senate, State Rep. Ana Hernandez Luna gave a speech on her own story as an undocumented immigrant:

Source: AILA InfoNet (members only), My San Antonio.