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Texas · 90th Legislature Regular Session
SB49Relating to border protection and economic development services, programs, and other measures, including measures to recruit health care professionals to the border region, improve border inspection efficiency, and enhance border region airport security and capacity, and establishing certain educational programs.
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Immigration enforcementstate federal cooperationAI label
Requires DPS to designate a liaison to each federal CBP border sector and to pursue border security strategies while coordinating to avoid duplication, so more state cooperation with federal immigration and border enforcement.
The department shall designate a department employee to act as the liaison between the department and each sector for border operations established by United States Customs and Border Protection.
Creates a grant program and makes funds available specifically to support courts, prosecution, detention, and adjudication of offenses increased by Operation Lone Star (state response to border crossings and smuggling), so more state capacity to enforce immigration-related state crimes.
conduct a study of the data collected for this purpose or otherwise available on crime, arrests, detentions, and convictions to identify offenses for which prosecutions have increased as a result of Operation Lone Star
Authorizes use of appropriated funds for construction and maintenance of detention facilities in the border region and for law-enforcement operational expenses tied to border security, so greater state and local capacity for migrant detention.
the construction and maintenance of facilities related to prosecuting and adjudicating offenses committed in the border region, including court facilities, processing facilities, detention facilities for persons who are 10 years of age or older
Provides funding for border security infrastructure, surveillance technology, port-of-entry improvements, and dual-use airport enhancements explicitly to improve border security operations, so expanded state border enforcement measures.
the construction and maintenance of border security infrastructure, including drive-through mobile cargo scanners that use radiography (X-rays) to inspect vehicles and freight, surveillance technology, or other improvements, designed or adapted to surveil or impede the movement of persons or objects across the Texas-Mexico border at locations other than ports of entry
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill text substantively addresses immigration-enforcement through multiple provisions that expand state cooperation with federal border agencies, fund equipment and infrastructure for border interdiction and inspection, support courts and detention tied to Operation Lone Star offenses, and authorize grants for related law-enforcement and security operations. No provisions address firearms, transgender issues, or abortion.
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