Some experts say the actions create little change in immigration enforcement. Others say they invite a legal battle. Texas GregAbbott Immigration Migrants SouthTexas border
People who were apprehended by state troopers after crossing the border are brought to the International Bridge in Eagle Pass on May 28 to be handed over to Border Patrol custody.
State and local law enforcement have long transferred custody of undocumented migrants to federal immigration authorities after they’ve been arrested. But previously it’s been the federal government’s job to pick them up. Abbott’s decision to arrest migrants and actively bring them back to the border, essentially forcing such a handoff, represents a broadening of the state’s role in the immigration enforcement process.
With limited information, immigration and border security experts disagree about how radically Abbott’s order has changed state law enforcement’s involvement in immigration enforcement.A bus from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice leaves an area near the International Bridge in Eagle Pass. “Instead of having troopers stuck on a highway, we’re going to take individuals to you,” Manjarrez said.Members of the Texas National guard sit in the shade with people who were apprehended by state troopers.
“My argument would be, how is this different than what’s been done in the past?” he said. “The big difference with this is that there was an executive order that came out, and it was intended to make a big splash.”
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