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   A 15-hour floor session ended with the chamber also passing bills to   
   increase border wall funding and harden the penalty for smuggling   
   migrants   
      
   AUSTIN — A heated moment between Democratic and Republican lawmakers   
   Wednesday caused an hours-long delay in the Texas House as the chamber   
   debated a sweeping border security proposal that would allow for state   
   and local police to arrest migrants living in the country without   
   authorization.   
      
   The House passed the bill, as well as two others, in a floor session   
   that ended well past midnight. The House also approved increases in the   
   penalty on those engaged in the smuggling of migrants and an additional   
   $1.5 billion for the building and maintenance of a state border wall.   
      
   The proposals head to the Senate, except for the anti-smuggling bill,   
   which heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.   
      
   The chamber came to standstill for almost three hours after Democratic   
   Rep. Armando Walle of Houston confronted Rep. Cody Harris, R-Palestine.   
   That happened moments after the House approved a motion Harris brought   
   that would have limited the number of amendments that could have been   
   voted on.   
      
   The tense floor debate recalled past House fights over bills banning   
   sanctuary cities, banning abortions at six weeks and supporting stricter   
   voting laws. The chamber gaveled in at 10 a.m. Wednesday and did not   
   gavel out until after 4 a.m. Thursday.   
      
   A majority of the debate focused on House Bill 4, authored by Rep. David   
   Spiller, R-Jacksboro.   
      
   Spiller’s bill would make it a state crime for a migrant who enters   
   Texas illegally punishable by six months in jail. Repeat offenses would   
   be a state jail felony, punishable by up to two years in prison. It also   
   allows for state law enforcement officers to order migrants to return to   
   the foreign country from which they entered the state.   
      
   ‘Crisis’ at the southern border   
   In introducing his bill, Spiller said it was a “landmark” proposal that   
   would provide a solution to a “crisis” at the southern border. “Our   
   cries for help and enforcement of our existing federal immigration laws   
   have been ignored by President Biden,” he said. “We’ve had enough.”   
      
   Democrats criticized the bill and likened it to a show-me-your-papers   
   bill that would unfairly target migrants and Hispanic Texans who are   
   going about their daily lives.   
      
   “This is the kind of border invasion idea that got so many people in my   
   hometown killed,” said Democratic Rep. Joe Moody of El Paso, recalling   
   the 2019 mass shooting by a white supremacist that killed 23 people.   
      
   The El Paso Wal-Mart shooter said he committed the massacre to “stop the   
   Hispanic invasion of Texas.”   
      
   Rep. Victoria Neave Criado, D-Dallas, who is the chair of the Mexican   
   American Legislative Caucus, said the proposal would undercut the U.S.   
   Constitution so that the state could “flex its muscle with the power   
   that it does not have.”   
      
   The bill, Democratic lawmakers argued, goes against the federal   
   government’s authority in enforcing immigration laws. Some also argued   
   having state law enforcement officers order migrants back to Mexico   
   would violate their due process rights.   
      
   Democrats tried to kill the bill with legislative tactics known as a   
   point of order, which killed a GOP priority border security bill during   
   the regular session.   
      
   They failed.   
      
   Democrats also tried to change the bill, or at least delay the vote, by   
   filing close to four dozen amendments to be debated and voted on. Harris   
   filed a motion that lawmakers approved to limit debate to certain   
   amendments that had already been submitted. It would not have allowed   
   lawmakers to submit more amendments as the bill was debated.   
      
   Walle objected. During a recess, he upbraided Harris on the House floor   
   as at least 20 members watched.   
      
   “This is an emotional issue,” Walle said in a statement late Wednesday   
   evening. “This affects my family and puts so many families like mine at   
   risk.”   
      
   The House tentatively approved Spiller’s bill, 83-63. It then adjourned   
   and reconvened so it could meet the Texas Constitution’s requirement   
   that bills be read on three separate days.   
      
   The chamber then gave final approval to the three immigration-related   
      
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