Our gov’t is broken.
Our gov’t is broken.
To a large degree the Southern Border along the Rio Grande
has never been secured. True Texas tried to seal some of it
with steel wall barriers and razor wire in the Rio Grande.
But it never stopped the crossings and apparently Federal
Gov’t has never really cared or they would have taken actions
to stop the illegals from coming across.
Texas is on the verge of making illegal border crossings a state crime. Here’s what you need to know.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/01/texas-border-sb4-illegal-crossing-state-law/
Gov. Greg Abbott says he will sign Senate Bill 4, which would make it a state crime to cross the border between ports of entry, allow police to arrest people who do and require judges to order them to return to Mexico.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, federal agents encountered nearly 2.5 million migrants at the southern border in fiscal year 2023, which ended in September, breaking the record set in 2022. Those encounters included migrants who went to ports of entry to request asylum.
The bill would make it a state crime to cross the Texas-Mexico border between ports of entry. If a police officer has probable cause to believe a person crossed the Rio Grande, that person could be charged with a Class B misdemeanor, which carries a punishment of up to six months in jail. If the person has been previously convicted of entering Texas illegally under SB 4, the charge could be increased to a second-degree felony, which carries a punishment of two to 20 years in prison.
THE PROBLEM
Can Texas enforce immigration laws?
Federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have ruled that immigration laws can only be enforced by the federal government.
...and it is at runs roughshod over We the People. To put it politely.