The state police force in Texas—consisting of some 5,000 officers—is being given [6] 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 [9], Nov. 7.
See our last report on the struggle in Texas [10].
