Texas plans to let LOCAL cops arrest migrants flooding over Mexico border with controversial new immigration bill – after it sparked outrage in Arizona where Hispanic Americans were racially profiled

The governor of Texas is poised to sign one of the “most sweeping immigration laws ever” as he looks to allow local cops to arrest migrants.

SB4 has already passed the state legislature, and Greg Abbott has promised to sign legislation allowing local and state police to arrest immigrants.

Once signed into law in early March, the law will allow local police officers to stop anyone suspected of entering the Lone Star State illegally and demand proof of their right to be there.

Those caught illegally in the US face up to six months in prison for the first offense and 2 to 20 years for subsequent offenses.

“Texas politicians just passed one of the most sweeping anti-immigrant laws in the country—ever,” the newspaper reported. ACLU of Texas criticized state Republican lawmakers online.

Texas Department of Public Safety officers stopped a vehicle suspected of carrying illegal immigrants in El Paso, Texas, in October.

A pursuit of a car carrying illegal immigrants has ended on an El Paso freeway as law enforcement agencies battle a rise in human smuggling in the state.

Illegal immigrants climb the mountain separating Mexico from Texas to enter El Paso

“This legislation is a manifestation of white supremacy in action that will promote racial profiling and separation of Texas families. If Governor Abbott signs #SB4, we will sue.”

The liberal organization is concerned that U.S. citizens of Hispanic descent will be judged by what they look like or what language they speak.

“This is not aimed at anyone; we are trying to stop the flow of illegal immigration through our state and into our state from another country, and we have every right to do so,” said Republican Representative David Spiller, who sponsored SB4. NewsNation.

Spiller and other Texas Republicans say they need to do something because more than 3.8 million migrants have crossed into Texas illegally since the U.S. president crossed the border. Joe Biden took office in 2021, according to federal statistics.

“I think it’s worth highlighting the fact that this is an offence. We’re not trying to catch people who have been here for years,” Spiller said.

Republican state Rep. David Spiller, who represents several counties near the Oklahoma state line north of Dallas, proposed SB4.

At least 3.8 million migrants have entered Texas since 2021, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Enforcement will likely occur in the first 50 miles north of the border, Spiller said.

“Anyone who has been here longer than two, three, five, 10, 20, 50 years cannot be charged with this crime,” he explained.

“I’m not saying it couldn’t happen in Dallas, Fort Worth or Houston, but I’m saying the most likely scenario is that it will happen at or near the border.”

There are also legal concerns about how the bill allows charges against an illegal immigrant to be dropped if he agrees to voluntarily return to Mexico.

Many of the migrants now crossing into Texas are not Mexican.

In October, Venezuelans overtook Mexicans for the first time to become the largest nationality encountered by the U.S. Border Patrol.

Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather near a wire fence as members of the Texas National Guard stand guard to stop them.

Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico line up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.

Mexico is also under no obligation to accept migrants who are not Mexican citizens.

The Texas law “will try to create its own deportation system… its own system of judges determining who is allowed to stay and who will have to go,” Thomas A. Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal and Educational Foundation (MALDEF), told Axios.

Coming to the United States illegally is already a federal crime.

The US Supreme Court has already ruled that enforcement of immigration laws is the responsibility of federal immigration officials, not local police.

After Arizona passed a similar “show me your papers” law, SB 1070, in 2010, the state was sued.

The Supreme Court ultimately ruled in 2012. that local police do not have the authority to arrest someone based solely on their immigration status, since that is the job of the federal government.

All Arizona police could do if they encountered an illegal immigrant in Arizona is detain them and turn them over to the US Border Patrol.

Some believe Texas lawmakers are trying to challenge Arizona vs USA decision, especially since the high court is now more conservative than in 2012.