Two immigration bills advanced in the Senate on Thursday evening. A bill that would increase the minimum sentence for smuggling migrants passed with bipartisan support and will head to the House.
Smugglers use a raft to transport migrants from Mexico across the Rio Grande into the United States, in Roma, on Aug. 26, 2022.The Senate advanced two immigration-related bills on Thursday evening, one of which would allow state police to arrest migrants who cross the southern border., R-Granbury, would create a new state crime for illegally entering Texas from Mexico and authorize state police to arrest violators.
Abbott has been critical of the Biden administration for years, blaming the president for the record-breaking number of Border Patrol apprehensions at the southern border., D-McAllen, raised concerns about the ability of counties to comply with SB 11. He argued the number of people who would be arrested would overwhelm local jails and require significant funding for the defense of migrants who are arrested.
According to the latest published federal immigration data, federal agents had 2.2 million encounters with migrants in fiscal year 2023, with September’s numbers yet to be published. When that final month is tallied, 2023 could break fiscal year 2022’s record-breaking number of 2.3 million migrant encounters.
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