The Texas Senate on Thursday passed a controversial immigration bill that would make illegal border crossings a state crime, reports Texas Public Radio.
Senate Bill 4, which quickly moved through the upper chamber — lawmakers approved the measure just days after the state’s current special legislative session — would make it a state crime for unauthorized entry into Texas from a foreign country, a class B misdemeanor on first offense.
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