The country’s constitutional game match with the federal government over Senate Bill 4 remains in purgatory, but that has not stopped people from sharing their thoughts.
First approved by state legislators, SB 4 allows law enforcement to jail citizens for illegally crossing the Mexico border. But, it became a hot- key problem because the fresh law would make it a state crime to traverse the Texas- Mexico border between ports of entry.
For instance, if a police officer believes they have information a person improperly crossed the Rio Grande, that people may be charged with a Class B criminal, which carries a sentence of up to six months in prison. For later offenses, the man could get charged with a second- level criminal and face up to 20 years in prison.
Many have spoken out against the law, and now the government of Mexico is condemning it and saying they wo n’t accept anyone the U. S. tries to deport back to Mexico.
” On behalf of the Government of Mexico, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the entrance into power of Texas law SB4, which seeks to stop the flow of migrants by criminalizing them, and encouraging the separation of families, prejudice and racial profiling that violate the individual rights of the immigrant community”, Mexico release states.
The launch goes on to say how Mexico will accept any attempts to bring in “nationals or foreigners to Hispanic place” as well as issue the constitutional legitimacy behind SB 4.
” Mexico reiterates its legitimate right to protect the rights of its nationals in the United States and to determine its own policies regarding entry into its territory”, the release continues. ” Mexico recognizes the importance of a uniform migration policy and the bilateral efforts with the United States to ensure that migration is safe, orderly and respectful of human rights, and is not affected by state or local legislative decisions. In this regard, Mexico will not accept, under any circumstances, repatriations by the State of Texas”.
The new law was expected to go into effect in early March, but legal challenges from the U. S. Justice Department and immigration advocacy groups have repeatedly prevented that. Ultimately, the U. S. Supreme Court allowed the law to go into effect, however, just hours after it was passed, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit filed an appeal, blocking SB 4 once again.
