May 19, 2015 6:01 PM

Sen. Seliger takes exception to misleading immigration email about him from Sen. Hall staffer

"If someone on my staff was doing that, I would fire them,” Seliger said.

A freshman senator’s staff has raised the ire of a veteran lawmaker after emails were sent out incorrectly claiming that the longtime senator is one of the reasons that a ban on so-called “Sanctuary Cities” has not come to the Texas Senate floor.

That ban and repeal of in-state tuition rates for undocumented students – both quite contentious immigration measures – have been blocked in the Senate because neither has sufficient support to overcome even the lowered three-fifths threshold for bringing bills to the floor.

Libby Goins, who works for Sen. Bob Hall, R-Edgewood, sent an email in which she incorrectly stated that Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, is one of the lawmakers who will not vote to bring the immigration bill up for debate on the floor.

By Scott Braddock