Missouri's next lawmaker has introduced a bill that would provide “incentives” to citizens for accepting illegal immigrants.
Republican state Sen. David Gregory was recently elected to represent a suburban district west of St. Louis. proposed bill It offered a $1,000 reward to anyone who turned in an illegal alien.
The bill would require 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 online reporting portal” to enable citizen action. ” will be empowering.
The bill would also create the Missouri Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program, which would authorize local residents to act as bounty hunters in Missouri “for the purpose of locating and apprehending illegal aliens.”
Only licensed bail bonds or bond collection agents may act as bounty hunters.
The bill would also make it a felony for an individual to be in the state illegally.
President-elect Trump has promised to launch a mass deportation program targeting the estimated 18 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States. Many of them entered the country over the past four years during an unprecedented wave of illegal immigration allowed under outgoing President Biden.
“When I ran for State Senate, I promised to make Missouri a national leader in the fight against illegal immigration,” Gregory said. said in the X post Pump up the bill. “Right now, I am keeping my promise. SB 72 will make illegal immigration a felony, and this bill will finally allow Missouri law enforcement to locate and arrest illegal immigrants who commit violent crimes.” We need to do everything in our power to make sure we catch them before they happen.”
