Railroad Commissioner hopeful calls for 100 million to be deported

GRAPEVINE – On Friday, the Texas Tribune reported that Bo French, a Republican running for Texas Railroad Commissioner, called for the deportation of 100 million people, or almost one-third of the nation’s population. “I’m going to say something that’s going to make some people uncomfortable: The problem is, we call it Sharia [law], but the problem is actually Islam,” French said.

During a panel discussion titled “Do not Sharia My Texas” at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, French, a former Tarrant County GOP chair who has previously faced criticism from his own party for his frequent use of derogatory language on social media, made the remarks. According to the Pew Research Center, there were 14 million undocumented immigrants in the United States in 2023. This means that French is advocating for the deportation of millions of Americans. Gov. Greg Abbott praised his efforts to combat Islam in Texas at a later CPAC panel, stating that it is “something that we have been fighting for well over a decade.”