Governor Abbott's New Immigration Bill Causes Migrants To Rush The Border

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As Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 4 this week, migrants to rush the southern border to beat the March deadline when the law goes into effect. This only overwhelms Border Patrol agents.  

WOLA reported over 10,000 migrants were arriving at the border each day. Most migrants arrived at the El Paso and Del Rio border along with Tuscon, Arizona, and San Diego, California sectors. 

Governor Abbott said after signing Senate Bill 4 according to a press release:

"President Biden’s deliberate inaction has left Texas to fend for itself. Today, I will sign three laws to better protect Texas—and America—from President Biden’s border neglect." 

"These laws will help stop the tidal wave of illegal entry into Texas, add additional funding to build more border wall and crackdown on human smuggling."

Signing the law caused pushback from the Biden administration, civil rights organizations, and the border City of El Paso.  

Once the law was passed, word spread in Mexico and Venezuela immigrant Fernando Valencia said according to the New York Post:

“We came to the border as soon as we heard about the new law.”

Department of Public Safety Lieutenant Chris Olivarez was on Fox News speaking with host Neil Cavuto and said:

"The only thing extreme right now are the failed border policies that continue to encourage illegal immigration between ports of entry, [putting] the lives of illegal immigrants in danger by crossing a dangerous river with children and also placing their lives in the hands of smugglers.” 

"Right now, the federal government has no solution to this current situation. They refuse to acknowledge that there's a crisis at the border, and [Texas] is having to step in and take on that responsibility by taking historic action."

Do you think Senate Bill 4 will get overturned?