El Paso County sues Texas in a bid to block new migrant arrest law - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "Abbott said Monday that while he believed the law would withstand legal scrutiny, it presented an opportunity for the federal courts, and ultimately the Supreme Court, to reconsider a 2012 decision, Arizona v. United States, that narrowly ruled in favor of the federal government and against state efforts to enact their own immigration laws.
50% : Abbott has sparred publicly with mayors and urban district attorneys in Texas over a range of policies, including coronavirus restrictions, enforcement of abortion bans, and police accountability.
45% : The suit, filed in federal court in Austin, Texas, names as defendants the Texas Department of Public Safety, whose officers would be newly empowered to make arrests under the law, and the district attorney for El Paso, Bill Hicks, whose office would prosecute the offenses.
42% : A person arrested under the law could be ordered by a court to return to Mexico or face prosecution if they did not agree to go.
31% : "It's likely that it will create a dragnet that ensnares not only undocumented immigrants but also Americans and legal permanent residents," said Representative Joaquin Castro, a San Antonio Democrat who has asked the Justice Department to intervene to stop the law from taking effect.
25% : Before the law was signed, the sheriff's office in El Paso, a county agency, said that it opposed the new law's approach and would not make arrests under the law.
13% : He has presented the law as a necessary reaction to what he has called the failure of President Biden to enforce federal law against crossing into the United States without authorization.

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