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Under the proposed HB20, members of the Border Protection Unit would be responsible for returning illegal aliens to Mexico when they cross illegally during a declared invasion. / Used with permission.

Listen: TPR’s The Source talks with Texas Civil Rights Project on the GOP’s HB 20 that would create a new “Border Protection Unit”

April 19, 2023

Texas Public Radio’s daily call-in show The Source spoke with Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) on Monday about the new HB20 bill in the Texas Legislature that would create a totallly new border security force.

Pablo De La Rosa is a freelance journalist in the Rio Grande Valley reporting statewide and nationally, including with Texas Public Radio and NPR. You can follow him on Twitter.

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Listen: TPR’s The Source talks with Texas Civil Rights Project on the GOP’s HB 20 that would create a new “Border Protection Unit”

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