http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/2...egations-amid-illegal-immigration-debate.html
Democratic members of the Texas Legislature allegedly assaulted and threatened a Republican colleague on Monday after the Republican called immigration authorities to report illegal immigrants who were protesting on site, according to
The Washington Times.
The altercation, according to Republican Representative Matt Rinaldi, started after he called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in response to repeated interruptions of the day’s proceedings from illegal-immigrant demonstrators.
According to a Twitter post from Rinaldi, “several Democrats encouraged the protestors to disobey law enforcement.”
‘SANCTUARY CITIES’ PROTESTS INTERRUPT TEXAS HOUSE SESSION
“When I told the Democrats that I called ICE, Representative Ramon Romero physically assaulted me, and other Democrats were held back by colleagues,” Rinaldi wrote. “During that time Poncho told me that he would ‘get me on the way to the car.’ He later approached me and reiterated that ‘I had to leave at some point and he would get me.’ I made it clear that if he attempted to, in his words, ‘get me,’ I would shoot him.”
Romero disagreed with Rinaldi’s explanation of events. “Countless members witnessed ‘the scuffle,’” Romero wrote on Twitter, “and they will all tell you no assault occurred.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the legislation earlier in May as part of an effort to remain consistent with federal immigration law. The law effectively bans sanctuary city policies in Texas and gives law enforcement officers the ability to ask the immigration status of people they stop.