There is no appetite among House Republicans for a bill that would put a bounty on undocumented immigrants, Speaker Jon Patterson told reporters Thursday. The legislation, which was debated Tuesday in a Missouri Senate committee,

A proposed bill in Mississippi proposes certifying bounty hunters to support the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown on a local level.

The proposed “Mississippi Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program Fund” shows how hard-line immigration policies at the federal level have influenced policy proposals in states and localities.

A senior Reeves aide, Cory Custer, told Newsweek, "When it comes to keeping Mississippians safe, Governor Reeves has said that nothing is off the table."

Two days after President Donald Trump took office and began his immigration crackdown and mass deportations, lawmakers in Mississippi and Missouri have proposed bills to create a “bounty hunter program,