What do Republican lawmakers want to do about cartels? Do Republicans want to wage war against Mexican cartels? How many people die in the U.S. of fentanyl overdoses? What is happening at the Mexico-U.S. border?
House Bill 20 introduced by Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, would create a unit whose officers can “arrest, apprehend, or detain persons crossing the Texas-Mexico border unlawfully,” and deter those attempting to cross the border.