Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of Senate Bill 2424, which would create a state misdemeanor or, depending on the context, a felony for those who illegally enter Texas via an international border. My name is Joshua Treviño, and I am the Chief of Intelligence and Research at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a nonprofit and nonpartisan research institution in Austin, Texas. In my role, much of my work focuses on the violence in Mexico, and the reclamation of Texas’s sovereignty under the Constitution.
Border Security
Sanctuary Stubbornness
Governor Greg Abbott’s push to hold Texas cities accountable for sanctuary policies protects Texans and the rule of law in a state grappling with the consequences of a broken federal immigration system. At the center of this debate is Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), the 2017 law designed to ensure that local governments do not...
April 23, 2026