A U.S. Border Patrol agent from the Laredo Sector Border Patrol Horse Unit patrolling near Zapata, Texas by the Rio Grande River on January 29, 2018. Photo provided by: U.S. Border Patrol
As the Joe Biden borer crisis grinds on, residents along the border are becoming increasingly alarmed. Texas legislators, tired of waiting for Biden to fix the disastrous problem, have decided to take matters into their own hands.
According to Hot Air, the state legislature is finalizing new laws that would empower state law enforcement to take a much more active and aggressive role in securing the border and ensuring the safety of the Texans living in the affected areas. The plan will potentially include an entirely new police force dedicated to blocking illegal migrants’ access to the Lone Star State.
The Boston Globe reports:
Texas lawmakers are proposing legislation that makes it a state felony to cross the border from Mexico illegally and create a new border police force that could deputize private citizens, the latest in the state’s continued push to test the limits of the federal government’s authority over immigration.
Civil rights organizations, immigration advocates, and Democrats immediately decried the efforts that began drawing attention after Friday’s deadline for filing bills in Texas’ ongoing biennial legislative session.
Jazz Shaw reports in Hot Air:
Allowing the new law enforcement agency to deputize people living near the border is another interesting twist. More than 45% of Texas households have at least one firearm in them. (Compare that to 19.95% in New York.) That puts the old expression about not messing with Texas in perspective. And many of those gun-owning Texans who have been watching bands of migrants traipsing across their property and menacing their families would likely be eager to sign up for a deputy’s badge. Also, being deputized would likely shield them from some repercussions if they are forced to respond to violent migrants.
Migrants arrested under the new law would face up to ten years in jail and a $10,000 fine for each offense. Once the news about this law starts circulating in Mexico (assuming it passes), both migrants and cartel mules might think twice before making their next trip.
If Texas pulls this off, how long will it take for New Mexico and Arizona to be on board?
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