States concerned about the unresolved border crisis have taken matters into their own hands and are following Texas’s strategy to deter illegal immigrants from their jurisdictions by allowing local police to arrest and deport them. A handful of states have begun to move or attempted unsuccessfully to move their own versions of Texas law, S.B.
A handful of states have begun to move or attempted unsuccessfully to move their own versions of Texas law, S.B. 4, since the, but others are moving swiftly to send a message that they are not open for business to illegal immigrants crossing the border under President, the opposite of how sanctuary cities like New York City and Chicago initially claimed to be open to assisting before they were inundated by a couple hundred thousand people since 2022.
“This is groundbreaking,” Sandweg said in an interview on NewsNation last week. “The Supreme Court for the first time has recognized — now let me be clear, this is a temporary decision, so mind you, they just lifted an injunction; there’s always the possibility that the circuit court blocks this permanently or the Supreme Court ultimately blocks it but — for the moment Texas has a green light to enforce its own immigration laws.
Lina Hidalgo, judge for Houston’s Harris County, objected to the idea that a nonborder state has a legitimate need for an immigration law. Missouri lawmakers have four bills moving through the state legislature, including one backed by gubernatorial candidate, state Sen. Bill Eigel, which would make it illegal for illegal immigrants to enter the state. “Improper entry” would be punishable by deportation and a $100,000 fine with tougher penalties for repeat offenders.
Gov. Ron DeSantis , a former 2024 GOP presidential candidate, has not had an identical bill to the Texas law make it to his desk yet but has recently enacted two bills that lengthen sentences for illegal immigrants who are convicted of driving without a license or charged with a felony. “Border Patrol agents nationwide, not just in Texas, are grateful for Gov. Abbott’s leadership and willingness to recognize that it is the rule of law that keeps all Americans safe,” National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd said at the in early January, delaying its start. The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and the Texas Civil Rights Project also sued Texas on behalf of the Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, American Gateway, and El Paso County in Texas.
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