The state police force in Texas—consisting of some 5,000 officers—is being given the power to interrogate anyone suspected to be undocumented about their immigration status and to arrest people who are believed to be in the country without papers without obtaining a warrant. The move is heightening concerns that already exist about racial profiling in the Trump administration's country-wide immigration crackdown.

From The New Humanitarian, Nov. 7.

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