KXAN

Border communities rally against ‘Border Protection Unit’ bill

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House Committee on State Affairs on Wednesday will consider a bill to create the “Border Protection Unit,” vesting broad new law enforcement responsibilities in a new arm ...
Newsweek

Texas Border Protection Unit Would Let Citizens Arrest Migrants

Texas Republicans have introduced a bill in the state House that would give some citizens the authority to arrest migrants who illegally cross the southern border. In a new move to bolster the state's ...
WAVY-TV

VBSO Consumer Protection Unit works to educate most vulnerable population

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A new Consumer Protection Unit within the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office is working to serve and protect residents in a different way by focusing on scams. Scammers can be ...
Reason

Texas Bill Would Create Unit of Unaccountable Border Cops

Last week, Texas Rep. Matt Schaefer (R–Tyler) introduced House Bill 20, also known as the Border Protection Unit Act. The bill would expand the mandate of state law enforcement into the federal realm ...
The Hill

Texas bill would create state-run ‘border protection unit’ as Title 42 ends

A Texas bill creating a state-run “border protection unit” has been brought back to life. H.B. 20 would create a state immigration unit to “arrest, apprehend or detain persons crossing the ...