Louisiana lawmakers approved a bill allowing local and state law enforcement arrest and jail migrants who are in the U.S. unlawfully, the latest in a series of such measures passed by Republican-led states who claim the Biden administration is not doing enough in this area.
The law creates the crime of "illegal reentry" into the state, which could be punished with up to a year in prison and a $4,000 fine for the first offense, and up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine for second offenders.
