How will police enforce Texas’ new border law? What this North Texas department says it’ll do

Cleburne police chief: "We want folks to know that we’re here to protect and serve, regardless of their citizenship status" The Texas state law makes it a misdemeanor to cross the international border without authorization and authorizes police officers to carry out immigration enforcement.

It is set to go into effect on Mar. 5 , but two lawsuits filed by the Justice Department and the American Civil Liberty Union could block it.

Blanca Villasana , 50 , has lived in Cleburne since she was three years old .

She has documentation to live in the United States legally, but attended the meeting to gather information for her friends and family who do not.

She only wished more in her community had come out to hear the presentation.