SB248 Relating to the referral of certain criminal proceedings in the Texas-Mexico border region to an associate judge and reimbursement requests for all or part of an associate judge's or interpreter's salary.

↑Expands immigration enforcement model confidence 80%

Allows referral of criminal trespass cases involving people not lawfully present in the US to associate judges in border counties, with state border security funding for the judges and interpreters, so more state resources for immigration-related prosecutions.

A judge whose jurisdiction includes a county located in the Texas-Mexico border region, as defined by Section 2056.002, may refer to an associate judge who serves a county located in the region any matter arising out of a criminal case involving alleged conduct constituting a criminal trespass offense under Section 30.05, Penal Code, by a person not lawfully present in the United States.

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↑Expands immigration enforcement model confidence 70%

Authorizes state reimbursement from border security funds for associate judges and interpreters handling specific immigration-related criminal cases in border counties, increasing resources for processing such cases.

The commissioners court of a county located in the Texas-Mexico border region, as defined by Section 2056.002, may submit a request to the Texas Judicial Council for reimbursement of all or part of the salary paid to an associate judge to whom judges in the county give preference when referring cases under Section 54A.006(a-1) to be paid from money appropriated to the council for border security purposes.

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