New Texas Immigration Law SB4, Allows State To Arrest Migrants

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

78% : Passed by Texas' legislature earlier this year, SB4 is an extraordinary attempt by the state to inject itself into immigration and border enforcement, both longstanding federal prerogatives.
42% : The law, known as SB4, gives Texas law enforcement authorities the power to stop, arrest and jail migrants on new, state-level illegal entry charges.
41% : It also allows state judges to issue de facto deportation orders against suspected violators of the law, though it's unclear how this provision could be enforced.
41% : It also allows state judges to issue de facto deportation orders against suspected violators of the law, though it's unclear how this provision could be enforced.
38% : Related Story: 'We Have To Solve The Problem:' Sen. Lankford On Border NegotiationsThe law, known as SB4, gives Texas law enforcement authorities the power to stop, arrest, and jail migrants on new, state-level illegal entry charges.
38% : But opponents of the measure have denounced SB4 as needlessly punitive, expressing concerns that that the law could lead to racial profiling and sow fear in immigrant communities across the state, not just among new arrivals.
27% : The Supreme Court partially struck down that Arizona law in 2012, concluding that states could not undermine federal immigration law.
14% : Abbott and other proponents of SB4 have argued the law is needed to deter illegal border crossings and address what they see as a lackluster effort by the Biden administration to deal with the crisis.

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