The Excerpt: Gov. Abbott signs law allowing Texas law enforcement to arrest migrants

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Pope Francis approves blessings for same-sex couples.
60% : The bill mirrors federal legislation almost exactly.
57% : ♦Pope Francis has formally allowed priests to perform blessings for same-sex couples.
52% : On today's episode of The Excerpt podcast: Gov. Abbott has signed a law allowing Texas law enforcement to arrest migrants.
50% : And Senate Bill 4 basically authorizes the state, including state and local law enforcement, to enforce immigration law.
50% : But the document also says that requests for blessings from same-sex couples should not be denied as long as the blessing is not conferred at the same time as a civil union using set rituals or with the clothing and gestures that are part of a wedding.
49% : And then that has continued over the years, and particularly now where again, as we talked about, the social justice movement of Black Lives Matter has also revived and reconnected the groups again.
48% : And in the past two years, universities or state legislatures in Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia and others have also enacted or proposed policies relating to academic freedom.
46% : The move stops short of sanctioning same-sex marriages, but is still being applauded by some LGBTQ+ advocates as historic.
40% : Yeah, I think there's a lot of debate about that, and I've heard both proponents of the law and its detractors use the same sort of argument, saying that it isn't legal.
38% : Folks who say the law is likely going to be challenged by immigrant advocates say that states cannot write their own immigration legislation, that immigration is the purview of the federal government under the preemption clause.
38% : The majority of that law was struck down in 2012 by the Supreme Court.
37% : Today, we look at a controversial Texas border bill, plus the latest on the US stance relating to the Israel-Hamas War, and Pope Francis approves blessings for same-sex couples.
18% : ♦Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a controversial bill yesterday that allows Texas law enforcement to arrest migrants, but it likely faces legal battles in court.

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