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Eagle Pass, Texas - 19 October 2023
1. Mid of migrants crossing razor wire at the Rio Grande Riverbank after entering the U.S. from Mexico.
2. Mid razor wire fencing in the foreground and migrants behind razor wire in the background at the Rio Grande wait for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
3. Mid of a child vignette between two officers as they wait to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Austin, Texas - 19 December 2023
4 SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Weber, Associated Press:
"How this new law would work is migrants who cross the U.S. border illegally and between ports of entry could be charged with illegal entry. From that point, they would be taken to a local judge in Texas who would order them to leave the country in lieu of facing prosecution if they agree to face the country; if they agree to leave the U.S., Then there's no charges filed. But if they don't agree, then the state would prosecute them on a misdemeanor charge of illegal entry, which could mean months at a Texas jail if a migrant does agree to leave the country but then doesn't. They could face even more serious felony charges, which could be years in a Texas prison."

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Eagle Pass, Texas - 19 October 2023
5. Various of migrants are moved for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Austin, Texas - 19 December 2023
6 SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Weber, Associated Press:
"Very quickly, within 24 hours, the Texas governor signed this law. Civil rights groups and the Texas border county of El Paso filed a lawsuit calling this law unconstitutional. Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility, and this lawsuit alleges that Texas is going outside of those bounds by trying to enforce immigration law on its own as a state."

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Eagle Pass, Texas - 19 October 2023
7. Various of migrants are moved for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Location Unknown - 19 December 2023
8. SOUNDBITE (English) State Rep. David Spiller, (R) Texas:
"I believe that Texas and all states have the absolute right to enforce their borders."

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Eagle Pass, Texas - 19 October 2023
9. Mid of children
10. Wide of migrants wait in line to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Location Unknown - 19 December 2023
11. SOUNDBITE (English) State Rep. David Spiller, (R) Texas:
"The desired effect is to for it to be a significant deterrent to illegal immigration. So I think that is the goal. We're trying to stop this and we're trying to to deter these folks from coming across the border illegally."

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Eagle Pass, Texas - 19 October 2023
12. Mid of migrants wait in line to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Location Unknown - 19 December 2023
13. SOUNDBITE (English) State Rep. David Spiller, (R) Texas:
"I've said all along that I thought that 95% of the enforcement of this would be within 50 miles of the border. I still believe that. But that's not to say that you couldn't have an instance in Texarkana or in Amarillo or something."

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Eagle Pass, Texas - 19 October 2023
14. Mid of a child rests his shoulder as they await to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
15. Closeup of officers' utility belt
16. Mid of migrants processed.

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Austin, Texas - 19 December 2023

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