
Texas is effectively attempting to take greater control of border enforcement, as Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new law Monday criminalizing undocumented crossings. Meanwhile, negotiations on further funding for border security continue in the U.S. Senate. NTD spoke to Andrew Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, to parse out the legal and political ramifications of the Texas move. “Texas bears the brunt of the Biden Administration’s border policies,” he said. “The federal government has largely ceded control of the border to cartels...