Texas arrests separating migrant families may hinge on a key element: Landowners' permission

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In addition to the arrests, on orders from Gov. Greg Abbott, the state law enforcement agency has strung nearly 100 miles of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande and deployed a "floating wall" of buoys in the river.
52% : Some of Etter's clients have reported that law enforcement agents in boats directed them to wade downriver after arriving at the riverside concertina wire.
49% : He said he agreed with DPS or Border Patrol detaining migrants if it kept them off his property.
45% : "My land is now overrun by people in law enforcement," he said.
39% : But it's clear the agreements are a factor in the region's uneasy relationship with border security.

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