Louisiana advances bill to allow local authorities to enforce immigration laws

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The new Republican governor, Jeff Landry, has also begun directing state agencies to collect and publish data on migrants in the state.
50% : A bill in Tennessee, which is awaiting the governor's signature, would require law enforcement agencies in the state to communicate with federal immigration authorities if they discover people who are in the country illegally.
46% : "It's going to create a backlog in our courts, it's going to drain state resources, and it's not going to actually reduce crime or make Louisiana any safer," Huey Fischer García, a staff attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center, said during a hearing on the bill last month.
45% : One bill aims to ban sanctuary city policies that allow local law enforcement to refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials unless ordered by a court.
40% : Proponents say the provision will help prevent illegal border crossings by sharing information and "state resources to build surveillance systems and physical barriers to deter illegal activity along the border".Opponents of Louisiana's bill say it is an overreach of state authority, would increase racial profiling and could clog court systems.

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