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• immigration, illegal migration, or immigration enforcement.
• borders, to cross oceans to be here, Difficult and hard choices to cross borders, to cross oceans to
• Illegal immigrants.
• One mission when it comes to illegal immigration.
• The gentleman was here illegally.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, pledge, quorum call, approval of the journal, and adoption of the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for the day. The chamber then took up House Bill 1B, the immigration bill, and members were told they would have one opportunity to question the sponsor on both the House version and the anticipated Senate changes. Representative McClure described the bill as a major immigration-enforcement package creating a chief immigration officer housed in the Department of Agriculture, an Office of State Immigration Enforcement, a local law enforcement grant program, a state immigration council, and new penalties and enforcement tools. He also outlined anticipated Senate language, including stronger 287(g) participation requirements, enhanced penalties for unauthorized aliens, a mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses, and additional coordination with federal agencies. The bill drew extensive questioning from Democrats about due process, constitutional issues, school and workplace impacts, and the treatment of people whose immigration status changes over time. Members asked about birthright citizenship, TPS, asylum seekers, pretrial detention standards, the lawful basis for detaining someone based on suspected status, and whether teachers, social workers, school resource officers, and even children could be required to cooperate with immigration enforcement. McClure and Representative Garrison repeatedly said the bill would require cooperation with federal authorities, that status determinations would be handled under existing court procedures, and that the Senate death-penalty language was intended to fit within Hurst by requiring a jury finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was an unauthorized alien. They also said the bill did not provide DMV funding, did not address teacher shortages, and included appropriations such as $25 million for the local law enforcement participation incentive program and broader funding for enforcement and training. Several amendments were considered. Representative Chambliss offered an amendment to protect schools, churches, and places of worship from enforcement activity; supporters argued it would preserve trust in sacred and educational spaces, but the amendment failed. Representative Escamani offered an amendment to preserve in-state tuition for Dreamers; supporters emphasized the educational and economic contributions of Dreamers and the hardship of higher tuition, but that amendment also failed. The debate ended with no bill vote in the excerpt, but the House completed the amendment votes and continued consideration of the immigration measure.

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• In effect, this bill makes an illegal firearm, the manufacture of an illegal firearm, illegal.
• Illegal firearms are actually entering the market.
• While we have since banned ghost guns, technology still allows them to be illegally constructed.
• The manufacturing of a firearm is not inherently illegal.
• Any law limiting illegal gun use simultaneously protects students statewide.

Summary: The committee first waived the five-day notice rule for five House bills, then held public hearings on several measures. On Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2548, the committee heard staff and sponsor testimony on expanding health care merger notice requirements to the Attorney General, adding transactions involving majority ownership/control and asset sales, requiring public posting of notices, pausing closings until information requests are substantially complied with, and adding filing fees. Supporters, including the sponsor, the Attorney General’s Office, the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, nurses, and patient advocates, said the bill would improve transparency and oversight of consolidation and private equity in health care; the Washington State Medical Association and Washington State Hospital Association were neutral after compromise language, though the hospital association raised concern about the added fees. The hearing closed with many people signed in pro and con but not testifying. The committee then heard Second Substitute House Bill 2333, which would allow candidates and elected officials to use campaign or surplus funds to reimburse personal security expenses related to threats tied to their public roles. The sponsor and several prosecutors described personal threats and argued the bill is needed to protect public servants, while public disclosure officials said current PDC processes and the state Address Confidentiality Program already provide some protections and cautioned against over-codifying agency discretion. Some testimony urged restoring earlier address-protection provisions, while county auditors said the revised bill removed operationally unworkable redaction language and was acceptable as amended. The bill had broad signed-in support and opposition, but no vote was taken. For Engrossed House Bill 1574, staff explained the bill would expand Good Samaritan-style protections for people seeking overdose help, bar arrest or conviction for possession in those circumstances, limit related penalties and forfeiture, and allow hospitals and other health facilities to distribute public health supplies without committing paraphernalia infractions. Supporters said it would save lives and improve access to drug checking and harm reduction services, while prosecutors and law enforcement groups said the bill was too broad, especially regarding arrest limits, protection-order violations, probation/parole, warrants, and civil forfeiture. The sponsor said the bill was intended to keep people alive and encourage calls for help. The committee also heard Engrossed House Bill 2156, which would let Attorney General investigators be designated limited authority peace officers to electronically serve search warrants in economic and financial crime cases; the AGO and retailers supported it as a tool against organized retail theft and wage theft, while sheriffs and police chiefs opposed it and urged added guardrails and deconfliction with local law enforcement. Finally, on Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2320, the committee heard a bill to regulate 3D-printed and digitally manufactured firearms and digital firearm manufacturing code. The sponsor and supporters, including students, pediatricians, and a gun-violence survivor’s family member, said it was needed to address untraceable ghost guns and keep pace with technology, while opponents argued the bill was overbroad, raised constitutional concerns, and targeted files and speech rather than criminal conduct. No votes were taken in the hearing excerpts provided.

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• </c> much of what he's doing is is illegal. much of what he's doing is is illegal.
• Now, these illegal CRA nowhere.
• But even if today because it's illegal.
• </c> Repealing these waiverss are an illegal Repealing these waiverss are an illegal expansion<04:59:
• </c> The Trump administration is illegally The Trump administration is illegally freezing<05:48:40.798

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• IMMIGRATION, ILLEGAL MIGRATION, OR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
• So they could go to illegal status.
• immigration and illegal migration and so on.
• Not illegal, not legal, but the people.
• The gentleman was here illegally.

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• President Trump's swift actions to halt illegal crossings and to deport illegal aliens in his first 100
• President Trump's swift actions to halt illegal crossings and to deport illegal aliens in his first 100
• President Trump's swift actions to halt illegal crossings and to deport illegal aliens in his first 100
• President Trump's swift actions to halt illegal crossings and to deport illegal aliens in his first 100
• c> day</c> 1,000 illegal border crossings a day 1,000 illegal border crossings a day would<05:01:48.480

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• border crossings last month were by far the lowest ever recorded.
• There were hundreds of thousands of illegal crossings a month, and virtually all of them, including murderers
• </c> hundreds of thousands of illegal hundreds of thousands of illegal Crossings<00:57:14.440><c> a</
• There were hundreds of thousands of illegal crossings a month, and virtually all of them, including murderers
• border crossings ever recorded.

Keywords: Presidential address to the Joint Session of the United States Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Representative Cross. Thank you. Representative Cross. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• Representative Cross.
• This process is illegal. It is a partisan gerrymander. It is illegal. It is a partisan gerrymander.
• This process is illegal. It is a partisan gerrymander. It is illegal. It is a partisan gerrymander.
• You're doing an illegal partisan gerrymander.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• and the validity of an ongoing claim is cross-checked on a weekly basis.
• The bill requires initial or ongoing claims be cross-checked against outlying data sets.
• Surprisingly, I'm here to cross party lines and speak out in favor of this resolution.
• But the reality is that we should not be counting illegal aliens who are in this country illegally, who
• But the reality is that we should not be counting illegal aliens who are in this country illegally, who

Bills: HB2070, HB2129, HB2227, HB2439, HB2667, HB2745, HB2773, HB2825, HB2873, HB2876, HCR2005, HCR2044, SB1002, SB1036, SB1054, SB1271, SB1432, SB1435, SB1437, SB1439, SCR1022, SCR1031, SCR1033

Keywords: flood relief, Gila County, emergency funding, public safety, environmental cleanup, municipal libraries, annual reporting, state legislation, transparency, government accountability, chiropractic, chiropractor, chiropractic board, state board of chiropractic examiners, license discipline, unprofessional conduct, patient records, record retention, HIPAA, conflict of interest

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• BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER IN AND OVERSTAY OR A BORDER CROSSING OR ILLEGAL ENTRANCE, YOU COMMITTED THAT
• THE MORE BENEFITS THAT ONE GETS FOR BEING HERE ILLEGALLY THE MORE INCENTIVE THERE IS TO BE HERE ILLEGALLY
• I'M NOT SAYING THEY ARE TAKING THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, BUT THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
• NONE OF US WANT CRIMINALS ROAMING THE STREETS WHETHER THEY ARE IMMIGRANTS ILLEGALLY, LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY
• ABOUT 423 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DID.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Oversize and overweight freight traffic plays a key role in cross-border trade in Hidalgo County.
• Oversize and overweight freight traffic plays a key role in cross-border trade in Hidalgo County.
• Once the expansion is complete, we forecast an increase of over 40% in commercial crossings.
• When these illegal operators purchase non-titled vehicles, the vehicles disappear.
• These vehicles often end up at illegal chop shops or used in committing crimes.

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard a series of mostly local transportation and memorial designation bills. Several measures would rename highway segments in honor of fallen service members or public servants, including HB 2026 (Gary C. Johnston memorial highways in Archer County), HB 4429 (McIlroy Family Memorial Highway in Blanco and Burnet counties), SB 3062 (Hamby-Webb Memorial Highway in Panola County), HB 3510 (Sergeant Mark Butler Memorial Highway in Brazos County), and HB 3986 (Corporal Speedy Espiriueta Memorial Highway in Mission). The committee also heard HB 2560, which would create an optional county-road “adopt-a-road” style program allowing donations for county road repair and maintenance. Two bills drew more substantive policy discussion. HB 2427 and HB 2455 concerned oversized/overweight freight corridors and permit authority in Hidalgo County tied to cross-border trade near the FARR International Bridge. Supporters, including the bridge director, said the measures would correct prior road descriptions, put existing TxDOT actions into statute, improve truck routing, and support trade and bridge expansion. The committee substitute for HB 2427 also removed Roma permit language, barred certain hazardous-material permits, raised permit fees, required local cost responsibility for road maintenance, and made the bill contingent on SB 2949. HB 5436 would allow licensed automotive recyclers to buy certain older, long-unregistered vehicles for dismantling or scrap without a title, with reporting, lienholder notice, and anti-theft safeguards; recyclers and dealers supported it as a way to curb illegal untitled-vehicle sales and VIN cloning. HB 3966, authored by Sen. Alvarado, was the most contested bill. It would require commercial passenger bus companies to mail advance notice to residents within one mile before opening a new stop or terminal. Alvarado said the bill responded to the relocation of a Greyhound terminal into a Houston neighborhood without notice and to resulting crime and nuisance concerns. Greyhound opposed the bill, arguing the notice requirement would be burdensome and could delay emergency relocations during hurricanes, flooding, or lease changes. After testimony, the committee voted to report most bills favorably, with HB 3966 passing on a 5-2 vote; the other reported bills passed unanimously. Several bills were also placed on the local and uncontested calendar, and the committee recessed to the call of the chair.

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• How is that illegal?
• How is that illegal?
• </c> So even if the neighbors of an illegal So even if the neighbors of an illegal growing<00:54:43.359
• These are offenses that in many states are no longer even illegal.
• ,</c> having something that's already illegal, having something that's already illegal, it<02:12:46.639

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• . bled, and died on an old rugged cross on a hill called Calvary.
• Representative, how do we determine the status of an illegal immigrant?
• You just can't come and say because a person is an illegal immigrant...
• We're not attacking the immigrants that might be illegal coming in from Europe.
• At what point do they determine that the person is here illegally?

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• We're standing on the First Amendment, but the First Amendment does cross at one point when property
• It's only when you cross from protesting to criminal conduct that you can— ...be arrested and you have
• It's only when you cross from protesting to criminal conduct that you can be arrested and you have the
• When they cross the line and go into criminal activity, that's when this bill comes into effect.
• For example, van lines that were smuggling humans illegally, as well as nonprofit entities that have

Summary: The committee first heard HB 2931, which continues the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board for eight years. The sponsor and a Civil Rights Division representative testified that the board helps examine civil rights issues and supports transparency and justice. The bill received a due pass recommendation on a 5-3 vote. The committee then considered HB 2862, a strike-everything amendment creating a sentencing enhancement for crimes committed while wearing a mask to conceal identity, narrowed by amendment to Title 13 offenses. Opponents, including CAIR Arizona and the ACLU, argued it could burden religious expression and protest activity, while supporters said it targets criminal concealment and improves accountability. The committee adopted the striker and amendment and gave the bill as amended a due pass recommendation by a 7-2 vote. HB 4042 followed, requiring a potential father in a paternity action to serve the mother to avoid waiving certain rights and allowing failure to do so to support termination of the parent-child relationship. An adoption attorney said the change would close a loophole and align termination law with adoption statutes. The bill passed unanimously with a due pass recommendation. The committee also heard HB 4136, creating unlawful entry into a residence where a vulnerable adult lives as a felony, with an amendment removing immediate-arrest language and other provisions. The sponsor described a case involving repeated harassment of a vulnerable adult, while opponents said existing trespass, burglary, and aggravating-factor laws already cover the conduct. The amended bill received a due pass recommendation on a 6-3 vote.

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• Once the expansion is complete, we forecast an increase of over 40% in commercial crossings.
• All sides in the way, freight traffic plays a key role in cross-border trade.
• House Bill 2455 will allow aggregate to cross at the port of entry that is closest to the consumer.
• These illegal operators do not report to the state or federal government.
• These vehicles often end up at illegal chop shops or are used in committing further crimes.

Bills: HB2026, HB2427, HB2455, HB2560, HB3510, HB3966, HB3986, HB4429, HB5436, SB3062

Keywords: memorial highway, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, Archer County, highway designation, vehicle weight, ports of entry, Texas Transportation Code, truck regulations, load limits, Adopt-a-County Road, funding, road maintenance, county partnership, public recognition, memorial designation, highway, Sergeant Mark Butler, transportation, Brazos County

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• mean, you being corrections chairman, you know how many millions of dollars that the state spends on illegal
• We had an illegal immigrant in Dninnesota County kidnap a 14-year-old, carried her across state lines
• I don't know how you put a number on how many illegal people crossed within the last— >> Well, no, I'm
• I don't know how you put a number on how many illegal people crossed within the last— >> Well, no, I'm
• Can't go to Blue Cross Blue Shield. All right, good questions. Anyone else?

Keywords: Judiciary, Division B - Room 409, 2 February, 2026; 4:30 P.M., 925, all

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• Representative Cross. Thank you. Representative Cross. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• Representative Cross.
• It is illegal. Full stop. Representative Gant, I yield to Rob Lopez.
• This process is illegal. It is a partisan gerrymander. It is illegal. It is a partisan gerrymander.
• This process is illegal. It is a partisan gerrymander. It is illegal. It is a partisan gerrymander.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former member Mark Weissman and local officials Donna Lou Fiala and Eric C. Brecknitz, and the Pledge of Allegiance. Members approved the journal and adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report setting the calendar and debate times for the day. The chamber then took up House Bill 1D, establishing Florida’s congressional districts, as the main item on the special order calendar. During questioning and debate on HB 1D, sponsors and opponents focused heavily on the map’s process and legality. Supporters argued the plan was based on a viable legal theory, used the 2020 census data as required, and was within the Legislature’s discretion to consider mid-cycle redistricting. Opponents repeatedly argued the map was drawn by the governor’s office using partisan data, without meaningful legislative or public input, and that it violated the Fair Districts Amendment by favoring a party, splitting more counties and municipalities, and reducing compactness. Several members also raised concerns about taxpayer costs, the absence of a new census or court order, and the Legislature’s role versus the governor’s office. After structured debate, the House voted on final passage of HB 1D and passed it 83-28. A motion to recess for two hours to consider a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision failed. Following passage of the redistricting bill, the House adopted a motion to adjourn sine die, ending the session.

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• that may be illegal but yes that may be illegal but unfortunately<01:27:12.280><c> sometimes</c><01:
• </c><01:48:59.679><c> and</c> can change it but it's not illegal and can change it but it's not illegal
• it can be them and it becomes cross it can be cross<01:49:13.320><c> prohibitive</c><01:49:14.280><c
• And it’s actually the person has illegal drugs for illegal reasons, like, where is that line?
• drugs for illegal person has illegal drugs for illegal reasons<05:14:22.200><c> like</c><05:14:22.400

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• You can't do that because those will cross borders, right?"
• The whole idea is to say, "No, these are not going to cross borders.
• So I just accidentally cross a border.
• You can cross state would would apply.
• </c> it's a drug case, but you find illegal it's a drug case, but you find illegal ammunition<01:27:14.000

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It was created through a cross-sector, cross-system collaboration of business, education, government,
• -</c><00:03:37.560><c> sector</c><00:03:37.959><c> cross</c> created through a cross- sector cross created
• through a cross- sector cross system<00:03:38.599><c> collaboration</c><00:03:39.120><c> of</c><00:03
• As we developed the STEM Ecosystem as a cross-sector, cross-system organization, it was truly driven
• that</c><00:19:00.200><c> spans</c><00:19:01.039><c> um</c> cross sector cross system that spans um cross

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Illegal drugs however, as you pointed out and General Gio pointed out, are still killing nearly 90,000
• Potential partnering on the northern border to detect illegal crossings both ways in the future.
• To include the operations, I gather, of the violent illegal migrants who were recently transported.
• And also stopping the Chinese nationals that are being caught illegally crossing our southern border
• I wish a great sunshine in E manually and is a tremendous intent of many that are crossing the border

Keywords: national security, China, Russia, cybersecurity, border security, military deployment, transnational crime, defense modernization, military strategy

Summary: In this meeting, key topics included national security concerns with an emphasis on threats from China, Russia, and transnational criminal organizations. Senior military officials provided testimony on the evolving risks posed by these adversaries, particularly focusing on cybersecurity and advancements in weaponry. The discussion highlighted the importance of a cohesive strategy among government departments to effectively respond to the challenges presented by these threats, emphasizing the need for modernization in defense capabilities. Committee members grilled the witnesses on border security and the implications of deploying military resources in domestic operations.