Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a border security bill into law that will give state law enforcement broad authority to arrest migrants who have entered Texas illegally and will allow local judges to order such migrants out of the country.
Under the new rules, all law enforcement officials in the state of Texas, including those who are hundreds of miles from the border, would have the authority to detain migrants suspected of entering the nation illegally.
"Biden's deliberate inaction has left Texas to fend for itself," Mr. Abbott said in a bill-signing ceremony at the border wall in Brownsville, Texas.
Separately on Dec. 18, U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporarily shut down two railroad border crossings in Texas to shift officers to help process migrants.
Mr. Abbott, currently serving his third term as governor of Texas, has made the implementation of increasingly aggressive policies at the border between Texas and Mexico a central focus of his administration.
In addition to providing law enforcement with broader arrest powers, Republicans in Texas are on pace to approve $1.5 billion to fund continued construction of an addition to federal border wall sections.
Mr. Abbott also started Operation Lone Star, a program in cooperation with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard, in March of 2021.
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