'Operation Lone Star' law allows jail time for illegal border crossers in Texas

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : S.B. 3 allocates more than $1.5 billion for border security measures.
55% : The 1952 Immigration and Naturalization Act set out the foundation for current federal immigration law.
51% : The ACLU has already announced its intent to challenge the law in court.
50% : Arizona's law known as the "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act" allowed local law enforcement to arrest people on "reasonable suspicion" of illegal border crossing.
47% : The high court wrote in 1948:"The Federal Government has broad constitutional powers in determining what aliens shall be admitted to the United States, the period they may remain, regulation of their conduct before naturalization, and the terms and conditions of their naturalization ...
44% : "The Mexican government issued a statement on Nov. 15 that likewise framed the issue of border protection as one between sovereign nations -- and not one between itself and the State of Texas.
38% : As with many punitive immigration policies, many argue that communities are made less safe by creating the potential for crime victims and witnesses to fear speaking with law enforcement.
33% : "Arizona may have under­standable frustrations with the problems caused by illegal immigration while that process continues, but the State may not pursue policies that undermine federal law," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy for the Court's 5-3 majority.

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