Coverage dated December 27, 2023

Illegal crossings are still high despite Texas arresting thousands on trespassing charges at the border

Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Starting in March, Texas will give police even broader power to arrest migrants. But more than two years into a smaller-scale Texas operation, there is little indication the state’s “arrest and jail” efforts reduced border crossings.

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22 articles, oldest first.

  1. WKBN Youngstown

    Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high (opens WKBN Youngstown)

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    EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks in a remote Texas jail…

  2. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high

  3. The Boston Globe

    Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high. (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Starting in March, Texas will give police even broader power to arrest migrants while also allowing local judges to order them out of the US under a new law signed by Republican Governor Greg Abbott.

  4. Fox News

    Texas has arrested thousands at the US-Mexico border as state expands powers to arrest migrants (opens Fox News)

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    Texas is expanding a new operation to combat record-high crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, which includes allowing police officers to arrest migrants.

  5. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Illegal crossings are still high despite Texas arresting thousands on trespassing charges at the border (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Starting in March, Texas will give police even broader power to arrest migrants. But more than two years into a smaller-scale Texas operation, there is little indication the state’s “arrest and jail” efforts reduced border crossings.

  6. Hot Air

    Texas Is Already Arresting Thousands at the Border (opens Hot Air)

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    A recently passed law in Texas will allow police to arrest illegal migrants who violate our immigration laws by entering the state without authorization beginning in March. What’s less well know...

  7. PBS NewsHour

    Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border, but crossings remain high (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Starting in March, Texas will give police even broader power to arrest migrants while also allowing local judges to order them out of the U.S. under a new law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

  8. New York Post

    Texas nabbed 10K illegal migrants under 2021 ‘arrest and jail’ law — but threat not deterring crush at border (opens New York Post)

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    In 2021, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched an effort to arrest migrants who just crossed the border for misdemeanor trespassing charges.

  9. KVIA El Paso

    Texas has arrested migrants on trespassing charges, according to new report (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    According to a new report by the Associated Press, thousands of migrants have been arrested for trespassing since 2021.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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