TEXAS EXPANDS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT POWERS
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed a border security bill into law that will give state law enforcement the power to arrest illegal immigrants and will allow local judges to order them out of the country.
The move sets up a clash with the federal government, which has responsibility for immigration enforcement. Legal challenges are likely.
In a bill-signing ceremony at a border fence in Brownsville, Texas, Abbott said the law was necessary as the state struggles with record levels of border crossings that have occurred during the Biden administration.
