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Texas lawmaker threatens to ‘put a bullet in the head’ of colleague as immigration scuffle breaks out

Published: May 30, 2017 6:15 a.m. ET

Threat comes after lawmaker reports ‘sanctuary city’ protesters to immigration authorities

(What a scuffle saw part of it on the news)

At around 11 a.m. local time, hundreds of demonstrators in the gallery of the House Chamber in Austin began chanting their opposition to a tough new law that prohibits the adoption of sanctuary city policies, The New York Times reported.

The noise drowned out lawmakers, leading the House session to be stopped and state troopers called in to remove the protesters.

But a melee then broke out on the House floor after Rep. Matt Rinaldi, a Republican, told a group of Democratic lawmakers that he had reported the protesters to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Democratic Rep. César J. Blanco said Rinaldi told them, “We are going to have them deported,” according to the Times report.

Full @ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/texas-lawmaker-threatens-to-put-a-bullet-in-the-head-of-colleague-as-immigration-scuffle-breaks-out-2017-05-30?siteid=rss&rss=1