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Gov. Greg Abbott traveled to an isolated riverside site near Brownsville on Monday to sign into law three bills that pour more money into his three-year effort to deter illegal immigration at the Texas-Mexico border and give Texas law enforcement authority to arrest undocumented immigrants anywhere in the state.
Senate Bill 3 earmarks $1.54 billion in state money to continue construction of barriers along the 1,200-mile border, and allows the state to spend up to $40 million for state troopers to patrol Colony Ridge,a housing development near Houston that far-right publications claim is a magnet for undocumented immigrants.
The money would be added to at least $1.5 billion in contracts the state has issued since September 2021 to build about 40 miles of border barrier. As of August, Texas had erected 16 miles of steel bollard barriers in Starr, Cameron, Val Verde and Webb counties.
Senate Bill 4 creates a state crime for illegally crossing the border from Mexico — a new law that is likely to force a legal showdown with the federal government.
Another Senate Bill 4 — this one passed by lawmakers during the third special session earlier this year — would increase the minimum sentence from two years to 10 years for smuggling immigrants or operating a stash house.
The laws funding the border barrier and making crossing illegally a state crime go into effect in early March. The human smuggling law goes into effect in early February.
Abbott came to Brownsville to sign the bills.
Federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have ruled that immigration laws can only be enforced by the federal government. But some Texas Republicans have said they hope the new law will push the issue back before a U.S. Supreme Court that is more conservative since three appointees of former President Donald Trump joined it.
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, sent a letter, signed by other Democratic members of Congress, asking the U.S. Department of Justice to sue Texas to stop the law from taking effect.
“We urge you to assert your authority over federal immigration and foreign policy and pursue legal action, as appropriate, to stop this unconstitutional and dangerous legislation from going into effect,” the letter says.
In another statement, 30 former immigration judges appointed by both Republican and Democratic administrations said the bill is unconstitutional.
“The proposed Texas legislation, which would allow a state court magistrate judge to issue a removal order, is not lawful. Immigration is plainly a federal function,” the statement says. “State legislators cannot enact immigration laws for the same reasons that the United States Congress cannot enact Texas state legislation. State magistrate judges cannot conduct immigration proceedings for the same reason that federal Immigration Judges cannot adjudicate Texas state criminal cases.”
26 comments:
White People games.
Abbott never solves the phantom problem he decries.
Something needs to be done about the illegals. Las viejas come muertas de hambre and their asses in hand. Man I bet some border patrol men are having a ball with the young things. What is funny is that there has to be some old goat out there who thinks he can keep up with them.
racist republicans want the coco vote and the dufus vote all this is pandering to the stupidity of the cocos and other wanna be white idiots, and in reality they hate meskins... FACT
Cops, they spread their legs 12 feet apart, why? they keep their hands inside that anti nuclear vest why? they carry 20 pistola clips where and why? they are all painted in BLACK, chones are pink, why? when you see three or more cops around a toilet room they are backups for the one taking a crap, why? They dress ready for WAR why? They go around and make presentations at all kindergarden schools and scare the kids shitless, why???
Thank You governor Abbott!!!!
Was the mayor there, Cowen?
Puro pedo y show
Todos entran
Vayanse al puente nuevo a ver la multitud de personas todos los dias
December 23, 2023 at 8:19 AM
COCO MAMON
Captured attendees flocked to see a racist governor of texas, a rare sight indeed, signing of a racist document that has been declared illegal by the United States of America government.
Inmates locked in cells during April NYC jail fire
This can happen here if there is no accoutability at the jail. As it is now jailers take advantage of all the prisoners there, they are very abusive, turning of electricity, water, phone service and other necessities. The are human beings NOT ANIMALS and this sheriff has got to go.
We need to organize now to get rid of all the abuses that are occurring there plus bad management.
THIS SHERIFF HAS GOT TO GO. FIX THE JAIL OPERATIONS PENDEJO ACCOUNTABILITY IS AROUND THE CORNER GUEY
Inmates locked in cells during April NYC jail fire
This can happen here if there is no accoutability at the jail. As it is now jailers take advantage of all the prisoners there, they are very abusive, turning of electricity, water, phone service and other necessities. The are human beings NOT ANIMALS and this sheriff has got to go.
We need to organize now to get rid of all the abuses that are occurring there plus bad management.
THIS SHERIFF HAS GOT TO GO. FIX THE JAIL OPERATIONS PENDEJO ACCOUNTABILITY IS AROUND THE CORNER GUEY
The sheriff has got to go, the jailers are abusing the prisoners the county commissioners must investigate what is going on and the abuses there.
This sheriff must not be re-elected, he is incompetent to hold any law enforcement office, HE MUST GO and if the county commissioners do nothing either, they must go also. TODOS JUNTOS!!!
The president can fix this mess he created in a second. Unfortunately, he won't because of fears of losing votes. He doesn't care about the illegal immigrants or the people of this country. His agenda is all about votes.
6:40am.
YOU THINK THE GIRLS ARE GOING TO SPREAD THEIR LEGS TO ANYONE. THEY ARE IN LIFE SURVIVAL MODE, THEY WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH. I KNOW ONE GIRL WHO DIED. RATHER, THEN BEING RAPED.
Juan and folks ok so gov abbott wants to arrest these illegals, ok so where are you going to place them in jail? cost more tax dollars? really ?? doe snot make any sense, just wasting more taxpayers money. that is pretty stupid. just send them on their way north and thast cheaper. i say, chon el taxpayer
December 23, 2023 at 1:44 PM
and the female jailer is the worst Y MAS CUANDO ANDA EN LA GARRA
All bills paid* section 8 ok
To all Democrats for illegal immigration. How many illegals are you personally housing and feeding? Step up and bring some illegal families into your household especially during the holidays. Be a party of action not of words.
You have a small water leak under the kitchen sink. You put a bucket underneath the leaking pipe and say I will fix it later. The bucket is rising with water and it has become stinky. All of a sudden the bucket has overflowing with stinky water and made a mess. This is what the border has become A STINKY MESS. This is my opinion and you know what they say about opinions.
SAVE AMERICA BUT FROM TRUMP, Biggest liar and instigator around.
December 24, 2023 at 10:54 AM
Pull out a list of section 8 (ocho) and you will find out just how many illegals live here. One get approved by section ocho (8) and the next day their apartment is fill of all their primos, hermanos, hermanas, parientes, cuniados/as, y todo el rancho. FACT check it out you people that run section ocho (8) program.
SECTION EIGHT IS THE BIGGEST SCAM GOING ON NOW!! LOOK AT ALL THE APARTMENTS BEING BUILD HERE. THEY ARE ALL SECTION 8 APARTMENTS. THIS IS BIG AND I MEAN BIG BUSINESS WHERE IS THE FBI, CIA, TEXAS RINCHES, THE LOCAL D.A.???? BRING IN THE MARINES SERIOUS THIS IS REALLY BAD...
Surprised that colony Ridge is even mentioned. This Colonia run by the oil and gas and the Cartels was making big monies for Houston. Governor Abbott and former Governor Rick Perry were very much aware of establishing laws that protected and allowed these greedy oil and gas people to take advantage of the undocumented and illegals allowed to purchase homes without banks having to require social security #s and credit ratings, (this is discrimination against the Legal Texas citizens that are required to have such documentation for them to qualify for such mortgages.) When these illegals would default on their payment, which these Lenders were counting on and which they surely would, they would get the property back and would resell it for huge profits. Willing to bet that Mexican president Manuel Obregon would NOT be too happy with what these greedy assholes had planned and set-up schemes of corruption were doing to the illegals. We must give thanks for this greed and corrupt set-up scheme to our so-called political leaders and our corrupt governors of Texas. Don't forget to give thanks to Henry Cuellar, Vicente Gonzales and of course the head of the shit Filemon Vela for all this well-planned corruption. No wonder Mexico doesn't want Texas oil and not doing business with Texas. Abbott thinks Texas is a third world Country that can run itself, well let's just wait and see. This is my opinion.
If you look closely you can see her maid in the group ready to be deported, pobresita deported by a local city cop approved by the racist republican of texas governor. GOOD JOB ojete...
December 26, 2023 at 9:22 AM
she's the one hiding her face next to a guy wearing a red t-shirt next to the berlin fence.
nice legs
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