Mississippi bill would pay bounty hunters to catch undocumented immigrants

[In It to Win It]

A Mississippi district attorney proposed new legislation Wednesday to pay bounty hunters a reward for helping to deport immigrants in the country illegally.

DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton announced his support for House Bill 1484, authored by state Rep. Justin Keen (R), which would create the Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program.

“We’ve seen firsthand the danger posed by bad actors and violent criminals who enter this country illegally, like the innocent life of Laken Riley,” Keen said in a statement.

“President Trump’s administration has made it clear that deporting illegal immigrants is a priority, and we are proud to do our part here in Mississippi to help support his agenda and protect our citizens.”

Keen and Barton suggested offering a $1,000 reward to registered bounty hunters for each successful deportation they help facilitate, which would be funded by the general assembly and administered by the state treasurer, according to a press release from his office.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5105368-mississippi-bill-would-pay-bounty-hunters-to-catch-undocumented-immigrants/amp/

[Ping Tung]

1. Dead or Alive? Scalped? Will rewards be lowered for kids under 12?

The USA is quickly becoming grotesque.

[Deuxcents]

2. Every farm worker, meat packer, landscaper in Mississippi, legal or otherwise, should get out of the state

Someone(s) is going to get shot, or killed with this “bounty” mentality. The food is going to rot on the vine, spoil in the warehouses and the well off will have to take care of their lawns, kids n elder relatives when the backbone of their economy is gone.

[msongs]

3. slave hunters of the new era. meanwhile the state is near the bottom in nearly every metric

[JustAnotherGen]

4. SALT Cap again

Mississippi would be doing this with welfare from blue States.

[Hekate]

5. Have they got a bounty yet for the wimminz, or is that just Texas? Yee-haw.

This is from 2022…

[S/V Loner]

6. The Confederacy is alive and well. N/T

[Retrograde]

7. Goddam, Mississippi

No money to provide decent education or clean water or health services to people, but plenty for wannabe "lawmen" to harass and intimidate (or worse) people they suspect aren't like them