Gov. Greg Abbott is scheduled to sign into law border security legislation on Thursday, a day after the measures were approved by the Texas Senate.
The border security measures that were approved by the Texas Senate include the following, according to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick:-- Creates a new state crime for entering Texas illegally and allows law enforcement to arrest all people who cross the border illegally, anywhere in the state.-- Creates the Texas Border Force in the Texas Rangers division of the Texas Dept. of Public Safety.-- Provides mandatory minimum sentences for the operation of stash houses and human smuggling.
Abbott will be joined at the press conference by bill authors and sponsors, Texas Dept. of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw, Adjutant General of Texas Major General Thomas Suelzer, and other legislators and law enforcement members.We’ll bring more updates to this story as they become available.
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