🤠Abbott signs 287(g) agreement granting state troopers ICE authority
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Governor Abbott signed agreement February 2025 giving Texas National Guard soldiers and state troopers "same authority as ICE agents" for immigration arrests, while offering Trump administration 100+ miles of borderland, 4,000 jail cells, and 2,000 military beds as "force multipliers" for deportation operations.
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Why This Matters
⚖️ Federalism Clash: Tests where state power ends and federal supremacy begins
Constitutional authority over immigration enforcement creates precedents affecting state versus federal power in your community.
👥 Civil Liberties: Critics fear racial-profiling spikes
State police immigration enforcement increases risks of constitutional violations affecting citizens and legal residents.
📋 Copy-Cat Effect: Other red states signal plans to follow suit
Successful federal-state cooperation creates templates for similar programs that could spread to your state.
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Which federal agency must supervise Texas National Guard immigration arrests under the 2025 pact?
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Immigration
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Governor Greg Abbott announced the pact alongside which Trump cabinet official in Austin?
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Government
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The ACLU warned the pact risks violating which constitutional clause?
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Civil Rights
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Texas's Operation Lone Star had cost roughly how much by early 2025, according to the Wall Street Journal?
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Budget Policy
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Roughly how many Guard troops were deployed on Texas's border mission when the pact was signed?
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National Security
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Which immigrant-rights group called Texas a "blueprint for mass deportations"?
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Advocacy
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The pact cites which federal statutory section to justify deputizing state personnel?
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Law Enforcement
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Morning Consult polling (March 2025) showed what share of Texans supported the Guard arrest plan?
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Public Opinion
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Mexico's Foreign Ministry lodged a formal protest citing which 2019 diplomatic accord?
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International Relations
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Which cable network's graphic mistakenly labeled the Guard operation "federal troops" before a correction?
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Media Literacy
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Guard units were issued which mobile app for real-time biometric checks?
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Technology
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Initial habeas petitions for detainees were filed in which U.S. District Court?
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Conservationists warned river crossings by troop convoys could violate which wildlife treaty?
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