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Gov. Abbott signs bill allowing arrest, removal of illegals by state authorities
Just the News ^ | Updated: December 18, 2023 5:41pm | Ben Whedon

Posted on 12/18/2023 3:13:53 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed a measure to make illegal entry into the Lone Star State a state crime, giving state law enforcement a potentially pivotal tool to combat illegal immigration on its own amid perceived federal apathy.

The law, which is slated to take effect in March, would empower Texas law enforcement to arrest illegal entrants and grant judges the ability to order their deportation, CNN reported.

Under Abbott's leadership, Texas has conducted a unilateral effort to enforce its border dubbed "Operation Lone Star" that has prompted legal battles with federal government, including a dispute over the deployment of a buoy barrier in the Rio Grande river.

The governor has further pursued a policy of bussing illegals to sanctuary cities in blue states in a bid to highlight the Biden administration's lax approach to border enforcement. The scheme cleared more than 50,000 illegals sent to sanctuary cities in October, with more than 18,000 heading to New York City alone.

Earlier this year, Abbott called on other state governors to deploy their National Guard forces to the border to aid Texas's efforts.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Mexico; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abbott; aliens; arrest; illegals; invaders; monroedoctrine; operationlonestar; sidebarabuse; texas
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To: wardamneagle

What the hell took so long?“

Indeed, Abbott is a moderate at best. He is way more Pence than he is Trump. Better late than never l guess. Let’s see how hard they enforce this. Roberts shut AZ down when they did something similar.


21 posted on 12/18/2023 3:47:44 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

A million more illegal would have crossed the border by March.


22 posted on 12/18/2023 3:48:16 PM PST by roving
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To: FlingWingFlyer

send these ILLEGAL ALIENS to sanctuary D.C. !!

-fJRoberts-


23 posted on 12/18/2023 3:51:27 PM PST by A strike (Words can have gender, humans cannot.)
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To: devane617

Oops! Sorry. You’re right. I should have remembered that. The retarded sheriff of San Antonio was trying to sue DeSantis for sending HIS illegals to Martha’s Vinyard.


24 posted on 12/18/2023 3:55:12 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Get the illegal alien refugees out of our government.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Abbott for VP!


25 posted on 12/18/2023 3:57:09 PM PST by Migraine
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To: Migraine

This does NOT go into affect until March, SO for 3 more months these invaders have free reign!


26 posted on 12/18/2023 3:58:54 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Must be election year coming up.

Abbott should have done something 3 yrs. ago.
Oh, and when a Fed court nixes his plans...
IGNORE.


27 posted on 12/18/2023 3:59:21 PM PST by Vinnie ( L g Brandon)
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To: wildcard_redneck
 
 
Because they are jumping off into new territory and expanded responsibility which is more complicated than it appears, there has to be lead time for implementation of resources and new procedure.
 
 

28 posted on 12/18/2023 4:02:57 PM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Can we start with Gyorgy Schwartz?!


29 posted on 12/18/2023 4:05:17 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Gotta start somewhere. As long as the Cadaver is in the WH and schmuck is atop the Senate... well, you know.


30 posted on 12/18/2023 4:11:22 PM PST by Migraine
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

They did a remake and it sucked


31 posted on 12/18/2023 4:14:43 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Guns don't kill people, Democrats do. )
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To: lapsus calami
"Because they are jumping off into new territory and expanded responsibility which is more complicated than it appears, there has to be lead time for implementation of resources and new procedure."

Typical loser GOPe words and tactics. Limp wristed and deceitful.

32 posted on 12/18/2023 4:15:29 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The USSC has already ruled this is the EXCLUSIVE dominion of the Federal government.

A federal court will stay it within a week.


33 posted on 12/18/2023 4:41:39 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Doesn’t become law until March? May be too late by then.


34 posted on 12/18/2023 4:50:02 PM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: wardamneagle
What the hell took so long?

The Texas legislature only convenes once every two years (every odd year).

If you want a permanently seated state legislature, move to California or Massachusettes.

35 posted on 12/18/2023 4:53:19 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Jonny7797

>Deputize about 500,000 citizens to help.<
YES!


36 posted on 12/18/2023 4:56:33 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (MURDER IS MYRDER)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I applaud the effort.
It will be shot down in the courts.
That pesky constitution thingy doesn’t grant the power of immigration to the states.
That power is reserved by the fed.
Now, if the state judges removed them from the state, it might have a legitimate shot.
But, either politicians are too stupid, or this is actually the result they are after.


37 posted on 12/18/2023 4:59:42 PM PST by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yeah. What took you so f—king LONG, Gov?

Abbott’s heart has never been in fighting immigration i immigration. It be cared, he had plenty of time to fix things.


38 posted on 12/18/2023 5:01:44 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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39 posted on 12/18/2023 5:09:14 PM PST by deport
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Wasn’t it DeSantis who sent the migrants to Martha’s Vineyard?


40 posted on 12/18/2023 5:21:04 PM PST by Theodore R. ( )
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