Dozen People: Law and Police

dozen people: Republican Gov, according to Brandon Sun. Greg Abbott signed the law Sunday evening on Facebook Live with no advanced warning. The law, which takes effect in September and which critics say is the most anti-immigrant since a 2010 Arizona law, will allow police officers to ask about the immigration status of anyone they detain, including during routine traffic stops. A few dozen people protested outside his mansion in Austin on Monday. The Migration Policy Institute estimates that Texas is home to more than 1.4 million people who are in the country illegally, including 71,000 living in the San Antonio area. San Antonio police chief William McManus ripped into the Republicans who pushed the law through despite the objections of every big-city police chief in the state. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.