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Civil and immigrant rights groups and Democratic officials said the law, which allows local and state police to arrest undocumented migrants, violated the Constitution and invited racial profiling of Hispanic citizens in Texas.
John Moore/Getty Images A U.S. Border Patrol agent talks with immigrants awaiting processing after entering the United States from Mexico in Eagle Pass,
The county said the sweeping new law, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, violated the Constitution and would result in thousands of arrests in El Paso alone.
Representative Joaquin Castro spearheaded the initiative, which seeks to include Latinos in American media
The death appeared to be the first linked to Gov. Greg Abbott’s program of sending migrants from the border to Democratic-run cities.