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Ken Paxton: “The sheriff in Travis County can no longer just avoid…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Ken Paxton Interview on Sanctuary Cities Bill Fox 4

Published | Video Starts at 01:39

So the other is law enforcement is going to be required to cooperate with federal officials on detainers. So if you have an illegal immigrant who's in custody and ICE wants them, you have to turn them over. So The sheriff in Travis County can no longer just avoid sending those criminals [illegal immigrants] that she has are convicted. She can't just send them into the community. She has to send them to federal officials. So those are the two big things, I would say. (01:39–01:48)

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Asserts that Travis County must comply with federal detainer requests under SB4.

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