EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso border leaders, advocates and activists will be hosting a press conference on Tuesday morning, Feb. 6, as Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) will be going into effect the same day, according to a press release from the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR).
The press conference will be held at 10 a.m. at Tom Lea Upper Park located on 900 Rim Road, El Paso, TX and will address the impact the bill will have on regional communities.
BNHR has provided a list of those who will be present at the press conference. Those people are the following:
Marisa Limón Garza, Executive Director, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center
David Stout, El Paso County Commissioner, Precinct 2
Juan Paul Flores Vasquez, Community Organizer, Undocuchucos
Melissa Lopez, Executive Director, Estrella Del Paso
Aimée Santillán, Policy Analyst, Hope Border Institute
Ivonne Diaz, Senior Regional Program Coordinator, Texas Rising
Alan Lizarraga, Communications Manager, Border Network for Human Rights
SB 4 is a bill that was passed through the third special session of the 88th Texas Legislature which can “prohibit police officers from questioning a person’s immigration status,” according to the National Immigration Forum.
“The bill has the potential to exacerbate the damage that our community has seen since the implementation of Operation Lone Star. It also has the potential to increase racial profiling across Texan communities and criminalize mixed-status families,” BNHR said.
This is a developing story, and will be updated as soon as we learn more details.
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