New Texas law allows state to arrest migrants, challenging federal authority

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : It will also provide an additional $40 million to fund overtime for Texas DPS troopers working border security operations.
53% : Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility.
47% : The governor also said that the law opens up the opportunity to challenge the precedent set in 2012's Arizona v. United States, which found that Arizona's state immigration laws conflicted with federal immigration laws.
37% : The signing in Brownsville included Senate Bill 3, which provides $1.5 billion for border security, Senate Bill 4, which makes illegal entry into Texas a state crime, and Senate Bill 4 from the Third Special Session, which increases the minimum sentence from two years to 10 years for smuggling immigrants or operating a stash house.

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