Thousands of migrants detained in Texas on charges of border crossing
Kyiv • UNN
In Texas, nearly 10,000 migrants have been detained for illegal entry; new laws give police the power to arrest and local judges the power to deport. Human rights groups are challenging the constitutionality of these laws.
In recent years, authorities in authorities in Texas have detained nearly 10,000 migrants on charges of illegal of entering the country illegally. In particular, in March, a new law was passed that authorizing police to detain migrants entering the state illegally. This includes gives local judges the right to issue deportation orders, UNN reports with reference to to The Associated Press.
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The media tells the story of Abdoula, a 32-year-old migrant from Maghama, Mauritania. He is a political activist who fled Mauritania for fear of persecution.
After crossing the US-Mexico border, he spent several weeks in a remote prison in Texas on charges of violating local laws.
I spent many hours without sleep, sitting on the floor
The man spoke on the condition that his name would not be published in order not to jeopardize his asylum application.
In the photo for the media shows scars from surgery after treatment for injuries allegedly inflicted on him by by the Moorish police.
Starting in March, Texas authorized police to arrest migrants who enter the state illegally entering the state illegally, and will give local judges the authority to remove them from the the country. The new law comes two years after Texas launched a smaller a smaller-scale operation to arrest migrants for border crossings. The operation was also aimed at also aimed to stop illegal border crossings.
However, the results of the of the study cast doubt on the impact of arrests on deterring immigration. It is reported that Texas is preparing to give police even broader powers to detain migrants on charges of illegal entry into the country. Human rights organizations have already filed a lawsuit to stop the new law, signed by by Republican Governor Greg Abbott, calling it unconstitutional and unconstitutional and infringing on the immigration powers of the US government.
Since 2021, the authorities of Texas authorities have arrested nearly 10,000 migrants on charges of border crossing in what Abbott called an "arrest and jail" operation: Owners of border landowners enter into agreements with the state authorizing arrests for border violations, clearing the way for law enforcement to detain migrants, who enter the United States through these lands.
These arrests were challenged in courts on the grounds of violation of of constitutional norms, in particular, in connection with the violation of due process of law. due process of law. Recently, a landowner asked officials to stop the illegal seizures of his property, claiming that the authorities had never to stop the illegal seizure of his property, claiming that the authorities never had authorization to do so.
The governor of the state assumed that arrests for border violations would yield quick results.
When people start to learn about this, they will stop crossing the Texas border
Abbott explained his position in the media in July 2021, when the number of the Texas-Mexico border reached 1.2 million.
This month, Abbott suggested that Texas may soon to abandon arrests for border violations as it moves forward with introducing illegal entry charges that can be filed virtually anywhere in the state, including hundreds of miles from the border.
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