Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a new law that allows police in Texas to arrest migrants who cross the US-Mexico border illegally and gives local judges the power to order arrested migrants to leave the country. If arrested migrants don't comply with a judge's order to leave the US, they could face misdemeanor charges for illegal entry or felony charges if they fail to leave. Gov. Abbott claims the law will dramatically reduce illegal border crossings into Texas by over 50% or even 75%, but he did not provide evidence for this estimate.
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00:00 It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.
00:02 Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a new law that allows police in Texas to arrest migrants
00:07 who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally and gives local judges the power to order
00:12 arrest migrants to leave the country. If arrested migrants don't comply with a judge's order to
00:16 leave the U.S., they could face misdemeanor charges for illegal entry or felony charges
00:21 if they fail to leave. Governor Abbott claims the law will dramatically reduce legal border
00:26 crossings into Texas by over 50 percent or even 75 percent, but he did not provide evidence for
00:31 this estimate. In September and October, Venezuelans surpassed Mexicans to become
00:35 the largest nationality apprehended by U.S. border agents for illegal entry.
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