Comm. David Stout

ALT SB 4 earned its injunction for being poorly written law that was designed less for actual enforcement and more for political messaging. Commissioner David Stout statement: Migrant arrivals require local, state, and federal coordination to manage. But Texas’ Governor and those following him are more interested in the politics than the policy. SB 4 is an example; more than one person has observed this is less a prosecutable law than a political statement, destined to be thrown out. More broadly, we continue to struggle with the lies Gov. Abbott and others push about migrants. To the extent there is a migrant “crisis,” it’s largely manufactured by the actions of the Governor and those who follow his lead. Again, managing immigration is nothing Americans have not done before, and cannot do now. Eventually, we will get policy reform we need to create more legal pathways and more effectively manage the border, like the Dignity Act, and those behind hateful politics like SB 4 will lose.