Advocates, Border Residents Denounce Unconstitutional New Texas Immigration Law
SB 4 is the latest in a long line of policy failures made in service to Operation Lone Star, Texas’s multibillion-dollar border scheme. Texas has seized a public park from local officials in Eagle Pass, staged a “war zone” backdrop for social media videos along the river banks using concertina wire and a heavy police and military presence, and blocked federal Border Patrol agents from entering the park, setting off a standoff with the federal government that has continued despite a Supreme Court order reinstating federal officials’ access to the border.
Border and Immigrant Voices Unite Against Bills That Would Empower Roaming Vigilantes to Commit Violence at Texas—Mexico Border
Advocates and community members say they oppose these bills because they argue that they are an attempt by Governor Abbott and legislators to distract the public from real problems and the shameful misspending of Texans’ tax dollars under Operational Lone Star.
