Montana MILE Action Center

Montana MILE: Montanans for Immigration Law Enforcement

STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTION

February 12, 2019

In Montana's current legislative session, there are two bills related to illegal immigration.  (State governments have no power over legal immigration.)  Both aim to keep Montana cities and counties from establishing themselves as sanctuaries for illegal aliens.

Bill HB 146 is ordinary legislation.  If the legislature passes HB 146, it will go to Governor Bullock for his signature, but he will likely veto it.

That's why the second bill, HB 147, was also introduced.  If the legislature passes it, HB 147 will go directly to the voters in our November 2020 election as a "legislative referendum."  (This would happen only if both HB 146 and 147 have passed the legislature and HB 146 has been vetoed by Bullock.)

The policy put in place by either HB 146 (if signed by the governor) or 147 (if passed by the voters) would be the same, forbidding Montana jurisdictions from enacting sanctuary policies and penalizing them with stiff fines for violations.

You can access the text and the progress of HB 146 here .  The page for HB 147 is here .

Please tell your legislators to support HB 146 and 147 if they have the opportunity to vote on them.  You can find contact information for your (state) representative and (state) senator by starting here .

Since the infamous homicide of the young woman Kate Steinle in San Francisco during July 2015, pretty much everyone knows what a "sanctuary city" is.  But if you'd like to get a much deeper understanding of the phenomenon and how pernicious it is, you can't do better than to read the lengthy, detailed article " The Illegal-Alien Crime Wave " by Heather Mac Donald in City Journal , Winter 2004.


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CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MONTANA'S CONGRESSMAN AND U.S. SENATORS

Congressman Greg Gianforte

Washington, DC office: 202-225-3211
District offices:
Billings 406-969-1736
Great Falls 406-952-1280
Helena 406-502-1435

To send an email to Mr. Gianforte, use this link:

For the street addresses of Congressman Gianforte's district offices, click here . 



Senator Steve Daines

Washington, DC office: 202-224-2651
District offices:
Billings 406-245-6822
Bozeman 406-587-3446
Great Falls 406-453-0148
Helena 406-443-3189
Missoula 406-549-8198

To send an email to Mr. Daines, use this link:

For the street addresses of Senator Daines's district offices, click here , and scroll to the bottom.



Senator Jon Tester
Washington, DC office: 202-224-2644
District offices:
Billings 406-252-0550
Bozeman 406-586-4450
Butte 406-723-3277
Glendive 406-365-2391
Great Falls 406-452-9585
Helena 406-449-5401
Kalispell 406-257-3360
Missoula 406-728-3003

To send an email to Mr. Tester, use this link: https://www.tester.senate.gov/contact/

For the street addresses of Senator Tester's district offices, click here .