Texas Governor Deprives Sanctuary County Of $1.5 Million Grant
1st February 2017
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott cut off state funds to a county that provides sanctuary to illegal immigrants Wednesday, following through on an earlier pledge to punish such sanctuary cities and localities.
Don’t mess with Greg Abbott.
Travis County will no longer have access to $1.8 million in state criminal justice grants, Abbott announced in a letter to county officials, because of a new sanctuary policy implemented by the county sheriff. The policy at issue instructs staff at the sheriff’s department to release illegal immigrants booked in the local jail rather than assist the federal government in deporting them, unless they have been charged with murder, aggravated sexual assault or human smuggling.
Travis County is where Austin, the state capital, is located, and is the biggest blue urban pustule on the red butt of Texas. All of the statist and big-government hipsters gravitate there, and fester.