Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas on Monday signed one of the harshest state immigration laws in modern U.S. history, authorizing state officials to arrest and seek the deportation of migrants suspected of crossing the border with Mexico illegally. The law, known asSB4, gives Texas law enfo...
Gov. Greg Abbott: We are not imposing a Texas border policy. Texas, very simply, is enforcing the laws-- that-- are the policy of the United States Congress. Cecilia Vega: What gives you the authority to tell the U.S. Border Patrol what to do? Gov. Greg Abbott: For one, as gover...
The Texas National Guard has taken control of a public park where illegal immigrants have surged across the border amid the state’s ongoing feud with the Biden administration over the border crisis.
"Under President Biden's lawless border policies, more than 6 million illegal immigrants have crossed our southern border in just 3 years. That is more than the population of 33 different States in this country. This illegal refusal to protect the States has inflicted unprecedented harm on the ...
While Texas and Florida officials ballyhoo their border tightening efforts, no major immigration legislation has emerged this year in Arizona, where some of the nation's toughest laws targeting immigrants have been devised. Arizona's "show me your papers" law, passed in 2010, requ...
"Let's face it, the reason why so many people come to America is because we are a nation of laws and Texas is doing its part to keep it that way," Abbott said. The timing of the signing caught Democratic lawmakers flatfooted. Abbott signed the bill on aFacebook livestreamwith no ad...
Other stateshave passed laws, "that prevent employers from refusing employment or discriminating against medical cannabis patients," while others have passed the same law for recreational users as well. Texas has no such lawsand of course, they do not exist on a federal level either. ...
"I invoked the Invasion Clauses of the U.S. & Texas Constitutions to fully authorize Texas to take unprecedented measures to defend our state against an invasion," Abbott announced via social media Tuesday. TEXAS GOV. ABBOTT AUTHORIZES LAW ENFORCEMENT TO RETURN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO BORDER...
The Department of Justice has so far filed lawsuits against three different states for enacting laws that largely empower police to enforce immigration rules. However, these state leaders, in the backdrop of an unprecedented border crisis, say they have no choice but to take up the issue themse...
In a letter sent to all 34 counties, the ACLU of Texas advised against the participation of local law enforcement in “Abbott’s unilateral efforts to set federal immigration policy, arrest and detain immigrants, and deter people from seeking protection in the United States.” ...