Texas Clears Way for Mass Arrests of Illegal Immigrants 2023-12-18 15:34

hey welcome to crosss everyone we're here reporting live from turning point America it's a the America Fest in Phoenix Arizona thank you so much for being here we have some big stories today Texas is clearing the way for Mass arrests of illegal immigrants and also mass deportations guns could also soon get regulated through new controls on ammunition and also universities could lose their Federal cash and we'll see how things go with that I'll be talking about it now first of all Texas is now leading A new challenge to the federal government on its response to mass illegal immigration this includes a plan to complete the construction at Trump's border wall as well as a new policy that could allow the state to deport illegal immigrants while also charging them with State crimes potentially now the policy will likely run into some new legal challenges but could also set a new standard for border security across the United States now let me show you this first this is the Texas Governor Greg Abbott he's announcing the plan from two weeks ago watch Texas is having to step up and do even more uh to make sure that we deny illegal entry into the state of Texas and as a result uh Maria in two weeks I'll be signing a new law in the state of Texas uh that will make it illegal for people to enter the state of Texas from another country illegally and authorizing every peace officer in the state of Texas to arrest those people entering our country illegally now look it should be noted we hear a lot of talk like this we hear a lot of just noise and they're suggesting they might do it the Texas legislature has actually already approved the bill this thing's already going through this is the Houston Chronicle on November 15th talking about that side of it it says that Republican state lawmakers signed off on a sweeping measure Tuesday night that will allow the state to remove people from the country Deport them who are suspected of crossing the border illegally a major escalation of Texas's border Crackdown that will test the legal boundaries of State immigration enforcement Powers now I should note when they say test the legal boundaries of State immigration enforcement Powers normally that's what you do with illegal aliens you Deport them you charge them with crimes it used to be a felony in some cases when they would enter the country more than one time illegally that is normal law enforcement in the United States if you break the law they punish you for breaking the law and that is normal the issue you have with illegal immigration though is that normally it's the federal government doing it because border security is one of the very very few things that the federal government is in its you know history required to do in the United States and they're not doing it and so because the government has become delinquent on you know filling its basic roles it's for it's forcing the states to fill in that Gap now it says here further it says the proposal now heads to the desk of Governor Greg Abbott who had asked lawmakers to pass the measure as part of a special a special legislative session he called last week and it says the bill passed on an 86 to 61 Partyline vote following several hours of debate that saw Republicans turn down two dozen Democrat attempts to amend the bill in other words the Democrats and Republicans are voting in party line on this in Texas where they have a lot more Republicans than Democrats it passed Democrats tried changing the bill several times they did not accept what the Democrats try to do now that said Abbot is also pushing for a $ 1.54 billion spending Bill and some of that would also go into rebuilding the southern border wall now how does this all work you might ask well let me show you some of the details on how this will actually play out uh let's say for example illegal aliens are entering the country tens of thousands of them millions of them what does Texas do well the Texas Tribune said this it said it is already illegal to to enter the US without permission under federal law as we talked about without state law against legal illegal crossing state law enforcement has been charging migrants with trespassing when they cross the Rio Grand into private property in other words as things currently stand right now if an illegal alien you know illegally enters the United States they cross the Rio Grand they step foot on the US normally the federal government would have to deal with the you know illegally entering the unit United States you know level type crime the federal government is not fulfilling that right now they're not doing their job with that and so the states have been trying to deal with the Border crisis themselves but because they cannot deal with that you know crime that is a federal crime and the B you know normally you have border patrol and ice have to take care of that they're not doing it the states can only charge these illegal aliens with trespassing because when they step foot on American soil often times they step foot on private property now it says this bill would make it a State Crime to cross the Texas Mexico border between ports of Entry it says here that if a police officer has probable cause to believe a person crossed the real gr that person could be charged with a Class B misdemeanor which carries a punishment of up to 6 months in jail now should be noted probable cause essentially means that the officer has assessed that there is evidence of a crime probable cause means in this case that if they if these illegal I crossed the real gr the officer whether it's local law enforcement or National Guard will have to see if they believe the person crossed the real gr they can then charge them with this state crime and it carries a punishment of up to six months in jail if the person has been previously convicted of entering Texas illegally under this new bill it says the charge could be increased to a second degree felony which carries a punishment of up to 20 years in prison the bill allows a judge to drop the charges if a migrant agrees to return to Mexico and it says if the migrant is convicted and has served their sentence a judge would be required to issue an order for police to then transfer them to a port of entry and they could face a felony charge for returning to the US from Mexico now on this it should be noted a few things this basically means that it's a slap on the wrist if they illegally enter the United States the if they are charged with it it goes to court the federal judge can say okay send them back they take them to a Port of Entry they drop them off now you could say that they could just go right around the bend and go and cross illegally again but if they do that if they reenter the United States after being charged with breaking the law they can now be charged with a felony crime which has an actual prison sentence and if they keep doing it in other words they're going to face federal crime after federal crime after federal crime possibly and so that will potentially limit the illegal re-entry which is one of the big problems problems now it says here that sb4 prohibits police from arresting migrants in public or private schools churches and other places of worship health care facilities and Facilities that provide forensic medical examinations to sexual assault survivors the bill does not prohibit arrests on college or university campuses now you could say hypothetically they could hide out in churches they could hide out in private schools they could hide out in hospitals they can't stay there forever and so potentially that's more to prevent them from arresting students or people who are in need of medical help and so on like that now it says also according to a state housee report on sb4 police are allowed to turn over migrant families to border patrol agents to avoid separating children from their parents instead of arresting them I can say it's going to raise some real issues though because one of the issues you have with the illegal aliens is that when they when they find that there's different laws being applied if they have kids with them they they will take children and they will traffic children and use the kids as their free pass into the United States now when Trump was President they changed the laws to make it so that they would temporarily separate these children from the people they're with and you know give them DNA test to make sure the kids are actually the kids of the people they're with because what they were finding is that most of these kids were being trafficked most of these kids did not belong to the human traffickers and there's been horrific stories for example of the cartels of human traffickers going to the homes of people in Mexico kidnapping their children and even killing pe killing kids in front of their parents if the parents refuse to hand them over to the traffickers now Trump's law was meant to prevent that from happening Democrats overturn that because he had like AOC going and crying in front of the parking lot remember that remember she remember she like broke down crying in front of the fence she was protesting that loud that would make sure these kids are not being human trafficked now that being said said there's plenty of push back on this from the left still they're going to be trying to challenge this they're going to be going after Texas on this this is one of the things they're saying this is November 15th from the national immigration law Center they say that sb4 is the latest attempt by Texas legislators to take Federal immigration law into their own hands for personal political gain through uh hate mongering and intimidation again this is a group of challenging this right it says both the politics and the law behind this bill are dead wrong they claim Texas law enforcement officer should focus on protecting the health welfare and safety of all community members instead of trying to become the immigration police the bill this bill will have real human consequences that all Texas residents will feel it is an extreme bill that will endanger communities and lead to racial profiling of both immigrants and us-born residents now I should note some of the points on this they argue that the federal government has the sole authority to regulate immigration policy the issue with that though is that that's not the case totally now the issue they have right now is that the federal government is delinquent on this responsibility the federal government is not deporting people the federal government is not protecting the border the federal government is taking these illegal aliens they're handing them off to Nos and they're trafficking them all throughout the United States that is not border security and it's causing massive costs to every single state that has to house and feed and school and provide for every single illegal alien stepping foot in their areas now the other problem you have is that not all these people are illegal aliens some of these people are you know applying for um you know amnesty and they're gaming the amnesty system and you have the international organizations like the International Organization for migration under the United Nations School ing these people providing them with pamphlets teaching them how to violate American law how to game the system now that being said what they're charging them with on this is they're changing the law in the state and they're making it illegal for these people to enter the United States if they illegally cross the Rio gr and they're making that first of all a misdemeanor charge and that if there's a secondary offense if people do it more than one time then it's a federal crime now now of course in the United States you could say well technically border security is on the hands of the federal government but there's also state law just like you have for example with you know abortion yes there are you know issues with of course you know like federal law that got overturned with ro v Wade getting overturned you to an extent but states can still make their own laws on it in the United States states have the ability to create their own unique laws and so even though they're probably going to challenge this it's going to be a very very interesting public debate we're going to see in the court system not only on the federal government being only response if you go by the historical you know law of the United States but also on the local state level like ability to regulate the Border local States ability to create laws that are separate from the federal government and also local States dealing with the cost of illegal immigration which even though again federal law law you know the federal government is technically responsible for it the costs for it are falling on the states and so all of these combined are going to make it very difficult for the federal government to challenge the big question though is going to be do the will the states properly enforce this will other states follow and especially will Texas actually follow through on this because they've been accused of not really doing that before even though they do you know pass laws on uh border security and so on now that being said a lot of this is not just on uh you know Republican states and so on on the other side of this there are states even defying federal law using things like Sanctuary status and notably interestingly many leftist states are maintaining these policies despite the consequences this is just the news it says this after much debate and push back from the public the Chicago city council voted against asking voters to decide on on the city's Sanctuary status it says a city council meeting this week included public comments from Chicago's residents seeking to end the city's migrant crisis and end their Sanctuary City status it says a proposed referendum would have given the public a chance to vote on whether or not they wanted to end or continue the policy of not enforcing Federal immigration law but you know because of the vote on this it's given they're not giving residents that choice now in Chicago you have a very interesting problem and you see this in a lot of these leftist states in general the city councils the local legislator they are very the legislature they're very much you know I think in line with the kind of far-left agenda often times the governors and the Mayors disagree with those policies even though sometimes the governors and Mayors are very farle in Chicago you have that situation where the governors and the Mayors they're dealing with the migrant crisis they can't afford it can't handle it but the lower level government is blocking them and opposing them with this in New York City you have the same problem you know mayor Eric Adams is dealing with the Border crisis you know the New York City can't afford it the thing is breaking down you have some very radical people in the lower government who are even standing against him and even though Eric Adams is pretty far left he's even challenging Joe Biden on it so you have breaks happening within the system but it seems also again these stonewalling on these issues is not happening throughout the entire State it's you know Breakaway groups or within the party the Democrat Party mostly who are breaking from the entire party with this and it's causing Rifts and notably as well even in many leftist states many Governors and Mayors they are actually pushing Back Against The Border policies look ktie Hobs in Arizona very much a Democrat you might remember all the issues she was having uh over you know allegation of election fraud she's very farle technically Katie Hobbs in Arizona a Democrat she signed an executive order to send the Arizona National Guard to the southern border here's what she said in the press release she said yet again the federal government is refusing to do its job to secure the to secure our border and keep our community safe she's criticizing Joe Biden Katie Hobbs continues she says this with this executive order I am taking action where the federal government won't but we can't stand alone Arizona needs resources and manpower to reopen The lukeville Crossing manage the flow of migrants and maintain a secure orderly and Humane border despite continued requests for assistance it says or she says the Biden Administration has refused to deliver desperately needed resources to Arizona's border are you getting that folks now look if Texas begins enforcing border laws if Texas makes it a crime to send people back and charge them with crimes what's going to happen the illegal immigrants are going to change their Port of Entry they're going to start going to Arizona they're going to start going to California and these states that have been you know criticizing Texas because Texas has some of the easiest areas to pass on to cross illegally into the us it's going to shift all that traffic all that human trafficking all that human flow to to these very Democrat states that are already trying to build the federal government they're already criticizing the federal government even though technically the governors and the Mayors are in the same party as Joe Biden it's going to cause a lot more issues and as the problem becomes worse for them they're going to have to look and see whether they choose to adopt the same policy as Texas where they begin enforcing border laws where the federal government were not now the folks the rest of the episode I'll be talking about different methods that being used to attempt to regulate guns be talking about all that and more and as well as a live Q&A only on Epic TV so if you're on YouTube Facebook Twitter come join us on Epic TV EP tv.com I'll also be releasing ex an exclusive interview from turning point America's Fest sorry turning points America Fest where I'm at right now including with 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