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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB1645Relating to a private civil cause of action against local entities and campus police departments that violate certain laws related to immigration enforcement.
Creates a private right of action and waives immunity allowing lawsuits for damages against local entities or campus police that maintain a policy violating Section 752.053 (which prohibits sanctuary policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement), so more immigration enforcement
A person injured as a result of a crime committed by a person unlawfully present in the United States or the personal representative of a person killed as a result of a crime committed by a person unlawfully present in the United States may bring a civil action against a local entity or campus police department and may recover from the local entity or campus police department damages arising from the personal injury or death on proving: (1) the existence of a policy by the local entity or campus police department in violation of Section 752.053;
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Creates a private right of action and waives immunity allowing lawsuits for damages against local entities or campus police that fail to comply with this subchapter (which requires cooperation with federal immigration enforcement), so more immigration enforcement
and (2) a failure by the local entity or campus police department to comply with this subchapter that resulted in the unlawfully present person having access to the person injured or killed when the crime occurred.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a private civil cause of action against local entities and campus police departments for maintaining policies that violate Section 752.053 or failing to comply with subchapter requirements on immigration enforcement, with waiver of sovereign/governmental immunity, specifically tied to crimes by unlawfully present persons; this incentivizes greater cooperation with federal immigration authorities and discourages sanctuary-style policies.
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