SB 4 passes to stiffen illegal entry into state

The Texas House of Representatives approved immigration bills Tuesday appropriating more than $1.5 billion for additional border barriers and make illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border a state crime. Senate Bill 3 would allocate $1.54 billion for border barriers and to pay for state troopers to patrol Colony Ridge, a housing development near Houston that appears to draw undocumen...

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