In Texas, local police will act as immigration enforcers. Is it legal?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility, and Texas' law is also likely to face swift legal challenges.
45% : But he also rebuffed several efforts by Democrats to narrow the law, including a proposed carve-out for police on college campuses.
41% : Opponents have accused Texas Republicans of using the law as a vehicle to force the Supreme Court's new conservative majority to revisit its landmark 2012 Arizona decision.
40% : The law adds another tension point over immigration amid a struggle between the White House and Senate negotiators to reach a deal on border security.
36% : At the time, Justice Anthony Kennedy said Arizona may have "understandable frustrations" with immigrants who are in the country illegally but that it can't pursue policies that "undermine federal law."
35% : More than 20 congressional Democrats also signed a letter urging the U.S. Justice Department to sue to stop the law, known as Senate Bill 4.
35% : Because the illegal entry charge is a misdemeanor, which has a statue of limitation of two years, Mr. Spiller has said the law will not be used to target immigrants who have long been settled in the U.S."This is not, 'Round up everyone who is here illegally and ship them back to Mexico,'" he said during debate over the bill.
31% : Mr. Abbott, who signed the law in front of a section of border fence in Brownsville, predicted the number of people crossing illegally into Texas would drop by "well over 50%, maybe 75%."
25% : During debate in the Texas House in November, GOP state Rep. David Spiller pushed back against concerns that the law would be used as a dragnet to arrest immigrants statewide.

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