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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Uriel J. García

Texas legislators approve bill allowing police to arrest people who cross the border illegally

Migrants standing on the other side of barbwire speak to the Texas National Guard and Texas DPS officers along the banks of the Rio Grande, Tuesday, December 20, 2022, in El Paso, Texas. Over 400 personnel have been sent to this border sector by Governor Abbott after El Paso city officials declared a state of emergency. Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune
Migrants talk to Texas National Guard and Texas state troopers along the banks of the Rio Grande in El Paso in December 2022. The Texas House tentatively passed bills that would appropriate more money to build border barriers and make illegally crossing the border into Texas a state crime. (Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune)

The Texas House of Representatives approved immigration bills Tuesday that would appropriate more than $1.5 billion for additional border barriers and make illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border a state crime.

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