Civil rights leaders say the approach hasn't proved effective in curbing migration, but lawmakers are doubling down. Bills creating a Texas border protection unit with the power to detain and deport migrants are advancing swiftly through the state legislature. Some of the text mirrors Kinney County's disaster declaration.
"We are seeing some of the most dangerous legislation on the border being proposed in Austin," Roberto Lopez, an organizer with the Texas Civil Rights Project, said. "It's built on the invasion rhetoric Kinney advocates."..
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