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1 month agoTexas Senate Bill 4: What you need to know about the SB4 anti-immigration' law
Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4) allows state officials in Texas to arrest and deport migrants, but faces objections from the Biden administration due to federal authority on immigration enforcement.
SB4 includes provisions criminalizing illegal entry, allowing arbitrary detention of suspected illegal immigrants, and granting authority to deport individuals to Mexico under certain conditions, among other measures. [ more ]