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Texas Legislature Tries Again with Bills Making Illegal Border Crossings a State Crime - After failing to pass bills that would make border crossings a state crime enforceable by Texas judges and state and local law enforcement in the third special legislative session, the Texas Legislature will try it again in a fourth special session at the request of Governor Greg Abbott. Immigration experts say the most recent proposals would raise constitutional challenges, as federal courts have repeatedly ruled that immigration law enforcement falls under federal jurisdiction.
Reining in the EPA and Promoting Domestic Energy - The Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extreme anti-energy policies and unchecked regulations have stifled economic opportunities, raised costs for Americans, burdened businesses and domestic energy producers, and increased our dependence on foreign adversaries like China. The House-passed Fiscal Year 2024 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act curbs the EPA's burdensome regulations and cuts wasteful EPA funding by nearly 40%.
Pfluger, Panetta Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Ramp Up Iranian Oil Sanctions Enforcement - Representatives August Pfluger (TX-11) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) are creating a new avenue to cut off Iran’s funding for its terrorist proxies by equipping Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to enforce oil sanctions. For nearly two of the past three years, HSI wasn’t able to conduct a seizure of illicit Iranian oil shipments. However, when it is empowered, HSI has a record of success.
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