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A 15-hour floor session ended with the chamber also passing bills to
increase border wall funding and harden the penalty for smuggling
migrants

AUSTIN — A heated moment between Democratic and Republican lawmakers
Wednesday caused an hours-long delay in the Texas House as the chamber
debated a sweeping border security proposal that would allow for state
and local police to arrest migrants living in the country without authorization.

The House passed the bill, as well as two others, in a floor session
that ended well past midnight. The House also approved increases in the
penalty on those engaged in the smuggling of migrants and an additional
$1.5 billion for the building and maintenance of a state border wall.

The proposals head to the Senate, except for the anti-smuggling bill,
which heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

The chamber came to standstill for almost three hours after Democratic
Rep. Armando Walle of Houston confronted Rep. Cody Harris, R-Palestine.
That happened moments after the House approved a motion Harris brought
that would have limited the number of amendments that could have been
voted on.

The tense floor debate recalled past House fights over bills banning
sanctuary cities, banning abortions at six weeks and supporting stricter
voting laws. The chamber gaveled in at 10 a.m. Wednesday and did not
gavel out until after 4 a.m. Thursday.

A majority of the debate focused on House Bill 4, authored by Rep. David Spiller, R-Jacksboro.

Spiller’s bill would make it a state crime for a migrant who enters
Texas illegally punishable by six months in jail. Repeat offenses would
be a state jail felony, punishable by up to two years in prison. It also
allows for state law enforcement officers to order migrants to return to
the foreign country from which they entered the state.

‘Crisis’ at the southern border
In introducing his bill, Spiller said it was a “landmark” proposal that
would provide a solution to a “crisis” at the southern border. “Our
cries for help and enforcement of our existing federal immigration laws
have been ignored by President Biden,” he said. “We’ve had enough.”

Democrats criticized the bill and likened it to a show-me-your-papers
bill that would unfairly target migrants and Hispanic Texans who are
going about their daily lives.

“This is the kind of border invasion idea that got so many people in my hometown killed,” said Democratic Rep. Joe Moody of El Paso, recalling
the 2019 mass shooting by a white supremacist that killed 23 people.

The El Paso Wal-Mart shooter said he committed the massacre to “stop the Hispanic invasion of Texas.”

Rep. Victoria Neave Criado, D-Dallas, who is the chair of the Mexican
American Legislative Caucus, said the proposal would undercut the U.S. Constitution so that the state could “flex its muscle with the power
that it does not have.”

The bill, Democratic lawmakers argued, goes against the federal
government’s authority in enforcing immigration laws. Some also argued
having state law enforcement officers order migrants back to Mexico
would violate their due process rights.

Democrats tried to kill the bill with legislative tactics known as a
point of order, which killed a GOP priority border security bill during
the regular session.

They failed.

Democrats also tried to change the bill, or at least delay the vote, by
filing close to four dozen amendments to be debated and voted on. Harris
filed a motion that lawmakers approved to limit debate to certain
amendments that had already been submitted. It would not have allowed
lawmakers to submit more amendments as the bill was debated.

Walle objected. During a recess, he upbraided Harris on the House floor
as at least 20 members watched.

“This is an emotional issue,” Walle said in a statement late Wednesday
evening. “This affects my family and puts so many families like mine at
risk.”

The House tentatively approved Spiller’s bill, 83-63. It then adjourned
and reconvened so it could meet the Texas Constitution’s requirement
that bills be read on three separate days.

The chamber then gave final approval to the three immigration-related
measures.

Two additional border bills
Approval of the other two bills related to border security did not take
as long as Spiller’s — though Democrats also tried to stop both from
passing.

The anti-smuggling bill, a Senate-passed measure authored by GOP Sen.
Pete Flores of Lakeway, won final approval from the chamber, 92-54. It
now goes to the governor. The legislation on border wall funding,
carried by Rep. Jacey Jetton, R-Richmond, went to the Senate on an 84-61
vote.

Rep. Ryan Guillen, R-Rio Grande City, was the House sponsor of the human smuggling bill that would increase the mandatory minimum penalties for
human smuggling.

Democratic lawmakers pushed back on Guillen’s bill because they worried
that a teenager or young adult could be sent to prison for a decade if
they transported within the state a relative who is an undocumented
immigrant.

But Guillen rebuffed Democrats’ concerns. “What we’re trying to do with
this bill is deter smuggling,” he told Moody.

When it comes to the border wall, Jetton said that there needed to be as
many tools as possible to stop migrants from entering the state
illegally.

“It is our responsibility to ensure that we keep our community safe from dangerous drugs and weapons to provide all types of support and
protection,” he said.

Abbott requested several border security bills for the 30-day session.
The special session comes after several Republican priority proposals
that were meant to curb illegal immigration failed to pass during the
regular session earlier this year.

The governor has lashed out at President Joe Biden’s administration,
saying it has failed to secure the border and describing the surges in
migrant crossings as an “invasion.”

On Tuesday, the state, led by Attorney General Ken Paxton, sued the
Biden administration, accusing the Department of Homeland Security of destroying state property when border agents cut razor wire fencing
state officials had deployed along the banks of the Rio Grande.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/10/26/texas-house-passes-bo rder-security-bills-after-heated-marathon-session/

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