Although he believes many immigrants are “good, hardworking people just chasing a dream,” Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn stressed the importance of local authority to enforce federal immigration mandates during a panel discussion Saturday.
Curbing illegal immigration would also dismantle criminal networks operating human trafficking and terrorist operations, Waybourn said. Law enforcement must act with urgency, he said, but also compassion.
“I do believe that we have to have a sovereign nation, and then we can be compassionate because, folks, we know for a fact: There are people that hate us, and there are people that want to hurt us, that came across that border and are here,” Waybourn said…