Issue Position: Stopping Illegal Immigration

Issue Position

From 2011 until 2017, 228,000 criminal illegal aliens committed 606,000 crimes: 1,223 murders, 6,516 sexual offenses, 72,628 drug offenses, 17,451 burglaries, and more than 736 kidnappings. A former U.S. Deputy Marshal himself, Geren has made it his mission to make the border more secure. He recently passed the bill that adds more law enforcement along the border, and led the effort to ban "sanctuary cities" that had sprung up in Democrat-dominated parts of the state. These cities ignore our immigration laws and "catch and release" dangerous criminals. Charlie successfully wrote and passed the ban through the Legislature and onto Gov. Abbott's desk for signing. The next day, Senator Ted Cruz, in his news release to the nation, specially commended Charlie for passing the ban. Now a liberal activist judge has held up the ban, but Charlie is working hard to ensure it is fully implemented.

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