Houston Police Chief Debates SB4 At Latino Town Hall
Style Magazine Newswire | 7/28/2017, 9:41 a.m.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo
Source: HoustonPublicMedia.org
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo and political party leaders clashed over Texas’s anti-sanctuary city law at a town hall assembled by Houston Public Media partnering with Univision. Panelists debated current state and federal policies that affect the Houston Latino community, including SB4, also known as the “sanctuary cities” bill, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). In the conversation on local policy, Julio Torres, from the Harris County GOP, said the Republican Party supports the controversial SB4. He said, “Law enforcement are going to be helped by pushing the law to the extent where the citizens of Texas are going to be protected.” Houston’s Police Chief Art Acevedo disagreed. “I have to take exception with that,” he said. “Law enforcement was very loud and very clear in our opposition to SB4. This law is hurting public safety.” Thurgood Marshall School of Law (TMSL) partners with The Chauncy Glover Project Houston for Summer Mini Camp, July 26-29, 2017 on the law school campus.
