Texas Governor Signs Extreme Immigration Bill

Click to expand Image Asylum seekers from Central America sit by the road after police detained them in Hondo, Texas, about 100 miles from the US-Mexico border, June 1, 2022. © 2022 Shannon Stapleton/Reuters This week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed three measures into law that will harm migrants, asylum seekers, and communities in Texas. The laws build on Operation Lone Star, the state government’s now almost $12 billion “border security” program that has not been shown to reduce migration. One law duplicates a federal statute known to have racist origins that would allow state and local…

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