New Laws 2024 Texas Immigration. Deportation orders far outnumber staff. The supreme court on tuesday cleared the way for texas to immediately begin enforcing a controversial immigration law that allows state officials to arrest and detain people.

Texas senate bill 4 is a new law that authorizes state and local police to detain and arrest people suspected of crossing into the u.s. About three dozen policies take effect in texas in 2024, including controversial measures banning diversity initiatives at public universities and allowing state judges to deport migrants.