US EditionTexas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high
- Texas will allow police to arrest migrants who enter the state illegally and give judges the authority to order them out of the country, despite little indication that previous efforts have stopped illegal crossings.
- Civil rights organizations have sued to stop the new law, calling it an unconstitutional overreach that encroaches on the U.S. Government's immigration authority.
- The new law comes after Texas authorities have already arrested nearly 10,000 migrants on misdemeanor trespassing charges, but there is uncertainty about what has happened to those arrested or whether the arrests have deterred immigration.
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Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks in a remote Texas jail on local trespassing charges after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. “I spent a lot of hours without sleeping, sitting on the floor,” said Abdoul, a political activist who fled Mauritania, fearing persecution. He spoke on the condition that his last na…
Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks in a remote Texas jail on local trespassing charges after crossing…
Trespassing arrests at border haven’t cut illegal crossings
EAGLE PASS — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks in a remote Texas jail on local trespassing charges after crossing the U.S.-Mexico…
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