Rep. Isaac Condemns City Of San Marcos SB 4 Amicus Brief
“Although this law has been vilified in the media, the facts reveal that SB 4 is a reasonable measure to ensure truly violent criminals are kept off our streets,” Rep. Isaac said in a letter to Mayor John Thomaides and city council members.
DRIPPING SPRINGS — Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) today issued a letter opposing the City of San Marcos’ decision to file an amicus brief in a lawsuit opposing provisions of state law put in place by Senate Bill 4.
“Although this law has been vilified in the media, the facts reveal that SB 4 is a reasonable measure to ensure truly violent criminals are kept off our streets,” Rep. Isaac said in a letter to Mayor John Thomaides and city council members.
State law under the provisions of SB 4 requires law enforcement entities to honor ICE detainers for “criminal aliens” — those who have committed serious crimes while in the United States illegally. The law does not target or affect people who have entered the United States illegally but are otherwise productive and law-abiding members of society.
Data from the Texas Department of Public Safety reveal 462 homicide convictions, 24,680 assault convictions, 2,644 sexual assault convictions, and 226 kidnapping convictions among criminal aliens in the five-year period between 2011 and 2016. Had detainers not been honored in these cases, these criminals would have been released and potentially re-offend.
“I urge you to reconsider this decision and join the State of Texas in its commitment to uphold the rule of law,” Rep. Isaac concluded.
Rep. Isaac is a fourth-generation native Texan who has served House District 45 since 2011. He is the vice president of the Texas Conservative Coalition, the conservative caucus in the Texas Legislature, and founding chair of the Hill Country Caucus. He is proud to represent Hays and Blanco counties and lives in Drippings Springs with his wife, Carrie, and two sons. The above is Jason Isaac’s interpretation of SB 4.
Sanctuary is the policy that only targets violent criminals, not SB4. Rep. Isaac is disingenuous & news outlets that knowingly reprint false information are poisonous to our democracy. Immigrant taken by ICE from Austin courthouse was killed in Mexico.
Early this year, Coronilla-Guerrero was one of the jail inmates who Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez had refused to hold for federal immigration officials because of her controversial policy not to honor so-called detention requests for most inmates suspected of being in the country illegally. The Travis County sheriff’s office honors such requests only for those charged with the most serious crimes – among them, murder, human trafficking and child sex abuse.
“Juan was a very nice young man who always had a smile on his face,” said local attorney David Peterson, who represented Coronilla-Guerrero in federal court on the illegal entry charge. “This is a true tragedy for him and his family. Deportation should never be a death sentence.”
Hi Jordan,
I cannot alter an article without the permission of the author, and I cannot ask for permission without substantial proof that the work is incorrect. I also cannot send a representative’s office an email asking for permission and provide them a link to an article, which is either an editorial or a biased news article, as proof.
Your link to the Austin Stateman’s article on Coronilla-Guerrero’s death was removed as it is unfair to send readers to an article they will not necessarily be able to read due to the Stateman’s subscription requirement.
If readers are interested in forming their own opinions on the articles you’ve referenced, they will locate and read them for themselves.
Sincerely,
Terra Rivers, Managing Editor