Texas lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would allow police to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The bill, expected to be signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, would become one of the strictest immigration laws in the nation. Despite some dissent within the GOP, the bill passed in the Texas House along party lines.
In a new challenge to the federal government's authority over immigration, Texas lawmakers on Tuesday night gave final approval to a bill that would allow police to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The bill, which Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign, would become one of the nation's strictest immigration laws if allowed to take effect. In a rare moment of GOP dissension, one powerful Republican state senator opposed the bill, saying it goes too far.
Emotions also ran high in the Texas House, where Democrats spent hours condemning the measure but failed to weaken it before it passed along party lines 83-61
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