Texas Immigration Law Sparks Border Confusion and Mexican President's Opposition

Texas' new immigration law, Senate Bill 4, which makes entering the state illegally a crime, is causing confusion and uncertainty among undocumented migrants and mixed-status families along the US-Mexico border. Advocates fear racial profiling, detentions, and attempted deportations by state authorities when the law takes effect in March. Critics argue that the law is unconstitutional and civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit against the state. The law grants local law enforcement the power to arrest migrants and judges the ability to issue removal orders to Mexico. The new law comes amid a surge of migrants on the southern border, placing pressure on authorities.