How states are taking the deportation battle into their own hands

How states are taking the deportation battle into their own hands


Feeling emboldened by the Trump administration’s strong approach, Republican-led states are doing their own part to deport illegal immigrants.

States have taken measures ranging from floating bounty hunters for immigrants to establishing checkpoints. The most ambitious are states that have frequently been the most vocal on immigration, with Texas and Florida leading the way.

Texas legislators have introduced bills that would require the fingerprinting of illegal immigrant children, bar illegal immigrants from receiving state legal aid, create a new Texas Border Protection Unit, and empower local law enforcement to deport illegal immigrants apprehended near the border, the Washington Post reported.

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In Florida, lawmakers are looking to outdo each other on immigration. A group of Republican lawmakers unveiled the Tackling and Reforming Unlawful Migration Policy, or

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