#2,009 - Texas House approves bill allowing police to arrest and deport migrants at southern border

The Texas House has approved Senate Bill 4 — a proposal to create new state penalties for people who illegally cross into Texas through the state's southern border and that allows magistrate judges to order those accused of illegally entering the U.S. to return to Mexico or face prosecution.

The House on Tuesday night passed the bill — which has been debated several times in both legislative chambers in recent weeks — by an 83-61 party line vote despite opposition from Democratic lawmakers and rights advocates over concerns the legislation is too broad and it could potentially affect everyday Texans through the state's attempt at immigration enforcement.

"Senate Bill 4 is the broadest, most invasive piece of legislation to ever potentially challenge the very nature of our federal and state power," said Rep. Victoria Neave Criado, D-Dallas, during the debate over the bill on the House floor Tuesday. "The power to enforce immigration is unquestionably exclusively a federal power."

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