Mississippi moving to ban immigrant sanctuary policies

Senate Bill 2710 says cities, state agencies and public colleges can’t prevent employees from asking someone’s immigration status. These public agencies also can’t give legal status to people who entered the country without permission, such as by issuing an ID card.

The bill passed the House Tuesday and will return to the Senate.

“Here in Mississippi there have been efforts to create sanctuary cities, sanctuary policies and sanctuary campuses,” said House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, R-Braxton.

The bill would override Mississippi’s only sanctuary policy: a 2010 Jackson ordinance that prevents police officers from asking about immigration status. An effort to make the University of Mississippi into a sanctuary campus failed last year.

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