An incoming one Missouri State Legislature has introduced a bill to provide $1,000 to people who report illegal immigrants to authorities.
Republican Senator-elect David Gregory proposed a measure that would offer $1,000 to anyone who reports an illegal migrant and is subsequently arrested.
SB 72 would allow the state Department of Public Safety to “develop an information system for people to report violations of this law, including a toll-free telephone hotline, email, and an online reporting portal.”
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Immigrants line up at a remote U.S. Border Patrol processing center after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Lukeville, Arizona, on Dec. 7, 2023. (John Moore/Getty Images)
The bill would also create the “Missouri Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program,” which would allow local citizens to serve as bounty hunters “for the purpose of locating and detaining illegal aliens in the state.”
Only bail bondsmen and bail bond agents can apply for the program to serve as bounty hunters.
The proposal would also make it a crime for anyone to be in the state illegal migrant.
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Migrants wait in line to enter the shelter set up by authorities for migrants as migrants wait for an appointment through U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on May 23, 2023. (Christian Torres Chavez/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
“When I ran for Senate, I promised to make Missouri a national leader in the fight against illegal immigration,” Gregory said in a post on the social media platform
“Now I’m making good on my promise. SB 72 makes it a crime to be here illegally and the bill will finally allow Missouri law enforcement to track and arrest illegal immigrants,” he continued. “We need all hands on deck to ensure we catch illegal immigrants BEFORE they commit violent crimes.”
Migrants board a state-sponsored bus to New York outside the nonprofit Mission: Border Hope in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Christopher Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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President-elect Trump has promised it mass deportations in his second government.
