MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at protecting people in the United States illegally from being detained in public spaces without a judicial warrant.
Milwaukee Representative Sylvia Ortiz-Velez says having fewer undocumented workers would make the state’s worker shortage even worse.
“By removing those people, the vast majority of whom serve no public threat,” Ortiz-Velez said. “It will make it difficult for Wisconsin to deliver to the residents of our great state the resources we need to feed our families and to keep Wisconsin businesses, small businesses going.”
The legislation is unlikely to advance in the Republican controlled Assembly and Senate.