A bill that would create a Texas Border Protection Unit, allow the governor to declare a migrant “invasion” and let the new border unit enlist the help of...
A bill that would create a Texas Border Protection Unit, allow the governor to declare a migrant “invasion” and let the new border unit enlist the help of citizens was introduced in the House late Friday. Speaker Dade Phelan declared it a priority bill. In August file photo, migrants detained by Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star wait to be transported from a ranch between Eagle Pass and Brackettville.
Guillen’s bill would create a Legislative Border Safety Oversight Committee, create a fund to compensate border area landowners for damage to their property and create court programs to handle border-related legal matters. Schaefer’s bill would create a third-degree felony, “trespass while entering the state of Texas.”
The measure, if it became law, could trigger lawsuits that might force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its 2012 ruling that knocked down parts — if not all — of Arizona’s controversial “show me your papers” immigration law. “Not only does this bill mobilize a new military force under the governor, it also allows the head of the force to deputize almost anyone to enforce federal immigration law, including vigilante groups that have targeted Texas border communities,” she said, calling for lawmakers “to invest in real solutions for border communities.”
The new unit could erect and maintain “walls, fences, or other physical barriers along the border with Mexico” and deputize citizens, as well as trained law enforcement officers, to help with border enforcement.
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