AUSTIN — A bill that would create a Texas Border Protection Unit, allow the governor to declare a migrant “invasion” and let the new border unit enlist the help of citizens was introduced in the House late Friday. To make arrests, citizen volunteers would have to be trained, and their arrest powers would have to be “specifically authorized” by the …
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March 11, 2023