Restricts immigration enforcement model confidence 90%
Expands the list of locations where local entities may prohibit employees from assisting or cooperating with federal immigration officers to include domestic violence shelters, so less immigration enforcement in those settings.
at a domestic violence shelter.
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Restricts immigration enforcement model confidence 85%
Adds domestic violence shelters to the places where local entities or campus police may prohibit cooperation with federal immigration officers, reducing required assistance to ICE.
a local entity or campus police department may prohibit persons who are employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of the entity or department from assisting or cooperating with a federal immigration officer in matters regarding activities that occur: ... (2) at a domestic violence shelter.
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Status: Died (session ended)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Government Code §752.053(c) to add domestic violence shelters as a location where local entities may bar cooperation with federal immigration officers, expanding sanctuary-like protections and thereby restricting immigration enforcement. It also strikes the prior limitation tying the worship-place exception to where the assistance occurs. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-07 | H | Referred to State Affairs |
| 2025-04-07 | H | Read first time |
| 2025-03-14 | H | Filed |