Two Texas House members and an immigration lawyer sat down with Matthew Watkins, the Tribune’s managing editor of news and politics, to discuss the current state of Texas’ border and immigration bills that lawmakers are weighing during the special session.
As the Texas Legislature weighs immigration bills aimed at beefing up border security and migrants continue arriving at the Texas-Mexico border in large numbers, Kristin Etter, incoming directory of policy and legal services at the Texas Immigration Law Council, and state, R-Richmond, sat down with Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune’s managing editor of news and politics, for a conversation about the border.
Morales, one of a few Democrats who voted for the bill, said: “I wanted to send a clear message. If you participate in that sort of conduct, there will be repercussions. We need to be tough on that criminal activity.”, would make unauthorized entry into Texas a state crime, allowing state police to arrest violators and return migrants to a port of entry and order them to return to Mexico. Federal judges have ruled that enforcing immigration laws is a federal responsibility.
“The point of the legislation is that it is now going to be a crime if you enter Texas at a place other than a port of entry,” Etter said. “How do you know that person has not entered through a port of entry unless you visually observe it?” Under Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, Texas has already allocated $10 billion on border enforcement efforts. Jetton was asked what could be done so the state can ease up on border spending. He said Texas would like to cooperate more with the federal government on securing the border, but there’s an unwillingness from the federal government to do so.
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