Missouri GOP Rebukes Mass Deportation Bounty Hunters

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Missouri House Speaker Jon Patterson said Thursday he sees no appetite in his chamber for a Senate bill that would place bounties on people in the country without legal status.

That means that the bill, Senate Bill 72, is unlikely to pass the House.

On Monday, a Senate Committee spent hours hearing testimony against SB 72 and another bill that would impose harsh penalties for immigration violations.

SB 72 would include life imprisonment without parole as a punishment, and would allow Missourians to collect $1,000 bounties for reporting people who are in the country without legal status.

Patterson, R-Lee’s Summit, said he doesn’t expect to see similar legislation on the House side.

“House Republicans are committed to making sure that we have legal immigration, but that we don’t tolerate illegal immigration, “ Patterson said. “I have not heard any enthusiasm from our members about doing any sort of bounty on that. I don’t think that’s something that you’re going to see on this side.”

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Missouri House Speaker says 'bounty hunter' immigration bill has little chance to pass

One bill being discussed in the Missouri Senate would include life imprisonment without parole as a punishment for immigration violations, and would allow Missourians to collect $1,000 bounties for reporting people who are in the country without legal status.