House Bill 153
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House Bill 153, which already cleared the full House, was passed in the Senate today.
Senator Philip Wheeler, a spiteful, spoke in favor of the bill on the Senate floor.
You know, I seem to recall, you know, cities and all over the country passing sanctuary laws saying that they will not use their local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration and law, that they're not going to enforce the laws of the United States to pick up people who are illegally residing within our country and assist in the deportation of them.
Now, I am sure that, you know, my Democratic colleagues would never support ignoring federal law, that they would encourage us to cooperate with the federal government, government in the enforcement of our federal immigration laws.
Kentucky's newest state senator, a Democrat, Kasy Chambers Armstrong of Louisville, spoke against the bill.
Mr. President, this is clearly unconstitutional.
Unlike the example given by the Senator from Pike, which I agree that the Constitution does not say that states must expend resources to enforce federal laws.
This goes further than that.
I have never seen a law that makes it a crime for our law enforcement officers to cooperate with duly enacted laws.
I think that is a dangerous slope for this body to go down.
The bill passed the Senate 27 to 9 and now goes on to Governor Andy Beshear, who could sign it into law, veto it, or allow the bill to become law without his signature.
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