Christopher J. Marier

Texas wants the power to arrest and order migrants to leave the US. Can it do that?

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Christopher Marier
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For two years, Texas has pushed boundaries on the U.S.-Mexico border: Busing migrants across America, jailing thousands for trespass and stringing razor wire along the Rio Grande.

In a new challenge to the federal government’s authority over immigration, Texas lawmakers on Tuesday night gave final approval to a bill that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter the country illegally and let local judges order them to leave the country.

The bill, which Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign, would become one of the nation’s strictest immigration laws if allowed to take effect.

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One response to “Texas wants the power to arrest and order migrants to leave the US. Can it do that?”

  1. Anastasia Dubinsky

    This post itself infuriates me. Texas itself has no right to arrest and forcefully evict people from the state. The bill itself goes way too far. Is America only accepted if it’s all white? Immigrants are quite literally the foundation this country was built on and people are trying their absolute best to cleanse their state of non-americans. This bill itself would also cause so much conflict among people, especially with giving local authorities the right to arrest these people. This would also result in racial profiling and separating of families.

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