Saturday, January 25, 2025

Snitching and Snatching for Fun and Profit

 
by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist

For those who would like to possess the feel and trappings of authority, yet who somehow failed to land a job in their small town police department, opportunity may be about to knock at your door.

A state representative and a district attorney in Mississippi have hatched a plan and written a piece of legislation which would  create a program to reward certain private individuals with cash from the Mississippi state treasury for assisting in the capture and deportation of illegal aliens.  According to an article by Illan Ireland and Nick Judin in yesterday's on-line edition of the Mississippi Free Press:

"Mississippi House Bill 1484 has garnered local and national headlines since its filing on Jan. 22.   Drafted by Mississippi House Rep. Justin Keen, R-Byhalia, and backed by DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton, the legislation would award residents $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and eventual deportation of people living in the state without authorization.  It also directs the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to establish a "bounty hunter" certification program in the state, empowering eligible residents to find and detain undocumented migrants for a $1,000 reward."

A thousand dollars for snitching, and a thousand dollars for snatching.  It sure beats the hell out of working for a living - like most of the immigrants are doing.  What could possibly go wrong?  

According to the article in the Mississippi Free Press, the bill is constitutionally questionable and unlikely to pass - even in the conservative Mississippi State Legislature.

A very similar bill was pre-filed in the Missouri Legislature for consideration during the upcoming legislative session.

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