Texas State Rep. David Spiller discussed the worsening crisis of illegal immigration, citing an increase in Chinese nationals and Afghans crossing the southern border.
He introduced SB4, a bill aimed at making it illegal to be an illegal immigrant in Texas, aligning with federal laws.
The bill includes provisions for illegal entry, reentry, and failure to comply with return orders, with the goal of providing law enforcement the means to address the issue. (Trending: Biden Bank Records Reveal Another Massive Bombshell)
Spiller emphasized the necessity of the bill due to the federal government’s inaction and highlighted the option for illegal immigrants to return to their home countries instead of facing prosecution.
“It’s a crisis. It’s bad, and it appears to be getting worse every day,” Spiller began.
“You know, when I’m looking at the statistics of where we were when I started this and where we are now, I mean, we just keep getting more and more bad information about what’s coming across.”
“I think I’ve had since October 1, 65 Chinese nationals, over 700 Afghans. We’ve had encounters. Border Patrol has had encounters with those folks,” he added.
“They’ve warned us back in October — Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic jihadist — be on the lookout for them. And then, of course, we know that for Fiscal Year 2023, we had 169 documented folks on the FBI terror watch list, and those are just the ones that we know about,” he said.
“The Biden administration continues doing absolutely nothing.”
“So here it’s patterned after federal law. This is nothing new. These laws are federal laws that have been on the books for decades.”
“And so, for example, illegal entry — if someone, if an alien, as that term is defined under federal law, crosses or attempts to cross into our state from a foreign nation at a place other than a lawful port of entry, then they are charged and can be charged and convicted with illegal entry.”
“And that’s a Class B misdemeanor. Again, with misdemeanors it’s not necessary in and of itself; that’s not a serious offense, but part of the component of that is.”
“It is designed so that law enforcement can take that person to an independent magistrate. The law enforcement officer determines if probable cause exists, that they’ve met each and every element of that offense.”
“They’re taken to a magistrate, the magistrate, if they make that determination, they give the person the option. They say, ‘Look, we will prosecute you, lock you up, and prosecute you.”
“And assuming that we have a conviction at the end of that, we will return you to the foreign nation through the port of entry to a port of entry from the foreign nation from which you arrived.”
“However, we will give you the option to take you there now if you agree to go back to the country from which you came, presumably from Mexico.’”
“It would change what’s illegal because now, we’ve created a state criminal offense. And so that is new. That is a change,” he said.
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