Texas conservatives, activists to hold rally calling for tougher border bill to repel migrant ‘invasion’

Texas conservatives and activists to hold a rally in Austin, Texas, on Saturday to call for the passage of a bill in the state legislature to create a border force.

Specifically, they are calling for the passage of House Bill 20 that would create a Texas Border Protection Unit, which would have the ability to "repel" illegal immigrants back to Mexico if they are caught crossing the southern border. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

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It would mark the latest in a series of tough actions by the state in response to the yearslong migrant crisis. Texas has been at the forefront of that crisis, which regularly sees hundreds of thousands of migrant encounters at the southern border each month. Numbers are expected to spike once the Title 42 public health order, which allows for the rapid expulsion of migrants at the border, ends in a few weeks. While the administration says it is stiffening penalties for those entering the U.S. illegally, officials have also said they expect a surge in migration once the order ends on May 11.