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The Guardian - US
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Michael Gonzalez in Brownsville, Texas

‘Havoc and harm’: prospect of migrant law sows fear in Texas border town

A border patrol agent searches a group of migrants
A border patrol agent searches a group of migrants in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday. Photograph: Justin Hamel/Reuters

At the Sweet Co coffee shop in downtown Brownsville, the last city at the eastern end of the Texas border before you reach the ocean and Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket base or cross into Mexico, the vibe was chill but the mood was chilly.

Customers were as downcast as the wet weather outside on Wednesday, the day of a court hearing after contrasting legal rulings were made about a new law that will affect people in Brownsville, whether new migrants, US citizens, undocumented residents or others.

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