Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the reported treatment of migrants by Texas officials at the U.S.-Mexico border extreme and barbaric.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the reported treatment of migrants by Texas officials at the U.S.-Mexico border extreme and barbaric.
Controlling the national border is not within the jurisdiction of any individual state, including border states such as California or Texas.
It’s likely that by deploying deadly man-traps into the border, that individual Texas state officials have personally committed murder under federal law. Generally, laying unattended, concealed deadly traps is not permissible under American common law — even if they are intended to ensnare a person who is committing a crime. Submerged razorwire intended to snag and drown a person would seem to count as a concealed, deadly trap.
Since their state jurisdiction does not extend to enforcing federal immigration law, qualified immunity would not apply; these officials may be prosecuted as individuals under federal criminal law.