Texas' New Immigration Law Will Lead to More Policing With Less Accountability

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : El Paso County and two immigrant rights groups sued Texas over the law today, as did the American Civil Liberties Union.
47% : Courts eventually struck down key parts of S.B. 1070, with the Supreme Court ruling in 2012 that certain measures were preempted by federal law.
43% : And some language in the law could make it even more difficult for Texans whose rights have been violated to seek redress.
42% : S.B. 4 will let Texas law enforcement "arrest undocumented immigrants anywhere in the state," reported The Texas Tribune.
41% : Once Senate Bill 4 takes effect, Texas law enforcement will be authorized to stop, arrest, and jail migrants -- a power that could lead to racial profiling and a costly expansion of policing.
39% : But that's exactly what would allow law enforcement to stop and detain Texas residents based on potentially flimsy evidence, leaving the door open for harmful interactions with police well beyond the border.
36% : Instead, it'll put Texans at risk of rights violations and strain relationships between local communities and law enforcement, relying on the same hardline tactics that have been proven ineffective again and again.

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