Bill Text: TX HB3651 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an interstate compact on border security and immigration enforcement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3651 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3651-Introduced.html
By: White | H.B. No. 3651 |
|
||
|
||
relating to an interstate compact on border security and | ||
immigration enforcement. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 7, Government Code, is amended by adding | ||
Chapter 793 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 793. INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR BORDER SECURITY | ||
Sec. 793.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "illegal alien" | ||
means a person who: | ||
(1) is not a citizen or national of the United States; | ||
and | ||
(2) is unlawfully present in the United States | ||
according to the terms of 8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq. | ||
Sec. 793.002. AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE INTERSTATE COMPACT. On | ||
behalf of this state, the governor shall: | ||
(1) coordinate, develop, and execute an interstate | ||
compact for border security among interested states; and | ||
(2) seek the approval of the United States Congress | ||
for the compact. | ||
Sec. 793.003. INTERSTATE COMPACT PROVISIONS. The compact | ||
required by this chapter must provide for joint action among | ||
compacting states on matters that include: | ||
(1) the operational control of this state's border | ||
with Mexico by the total detection and apprehension or deflection | ||
of illegal aliens attempting to cross the border into this state; | ||
and | ||
(2) otherwise enforcing federal immigration laws, | ||
including detecting, apprehending, detaining, prosecuting, | ||
releasing, and monitoring of illegal aliens. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |