Sen. Jonathan Lindsey proposes DEPORT task force to combat illegal migration crisis

By The Mid­west­ern­er

State Sen. Jonathan Lind­sey, R‑Coldwater, intro­duced his plan to estab­lish the Devel­op­ing Effec­tive Poli­cies on Order­ly Removal and Trans­porta­tion Task Force. The group would be tasked with iden­ti­fy­ing exist­ing local, state and fed­er­al ille­gal immi­gra­tion poli­cies and sug­gest new ones sup­port­ing fed­er­al efforts to appre­hend “dan­ger­ous crim­i­nals” from com­mu­ni­ties across the state.

“My leg­is­la­tion would cre­ate the Devel­op­ing Effec­tive Poli­cies on Order­ly Removal and Trans­porta­tion (DEPORT) Task Force,” Lind­sey said in a state­ment. “The task force would work rapid­ly to devel­op poli­cies pro­mot­ing Pres­i­dent Trump’s efforts to remove dan­ger­ous crim­i­nals from Michi­gan com­mu­ni­ties.”

Lind­sey con­tin­ued: “It is imper­a­tive that the state of Michi­gan work with the Trump admin­is­tra­tion and fed­er­al immi­gra­tion agen­cies to stop the cri­sis of ille­gal immi­gra­tion and that we remove any state or local bar­ri­ers, We must take every step pos­si­ble to ensure the public’s safe­ty, the secu­ri­ty of our econ­o­my, and to defend the integri­ty of our immi­gra­tion sys­tem.”

Sen­ate Bill 40 has been referred to the Sen­ate Gov­ern­ment Oper­a­tions Com­mit­tee.

Under the pro­pos­al, the Michi­gan House speak­er would pick the task force mem­bers. The 15-mem­ber task force would include state leg­is­la­tors, law enforce­ment mem­bers and those with expe­ri­ence com­bat­ting human and drug traf­fick­ing.

Read the full sto­ry here.