A pair of proposed bills under review by Texas Legislature would create roving police units consisting of 'law-abiding citizens' – increasing armed vigilantes confronting asylum-seekers at the border. Texas bills would shift border patrol to state hands:
, which deployed state troopers and members of the National Guard to the border to repel and arrest migrants crossing into the U.S. without permission.
A National Guardsman drinks water while sitting atop his Humvee along the border fence near the Rio Grande River in Del Rio, Texas Monday Sept. 20, 2021. More than 10,000 National Guard members have been deployed to the border in Operation Lone Star. that struck down key provisions of an Arizona law that allowed local law enforcement to arrest undocumented immigrants and charge them with state crimes.last month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he would like to see cases that"test" the ruling in Arizona v. United StatesBills such as HB 7 and HB 20 would be seen as ideal test cases, if they're challenged in court, as expected.
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