Hawaiians warned not to travel to Texas because of controversial immigration law
Hawaiians have been told by civil rights campaigners not to travel to Texas because of a controversial immigration law.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said the new law unfairly targets undocumented Mexican immigrants in the state.
Texas Governor Greg Abbot signed the law, referred to as Senate Bill 4, that allows police to check the immigration status of individuals during routine traffic stops in an effort to reduce illegal immigration.
The signing into law of the Texas bill follows Donald Trump's repeated promise to build a nearly 2,000 mile (3,218 km) wall along the US-Mexico border.
Lorella Praeli, ACLU director of immigration policy and campaigns, said the concern for Hawaiians was that many of them “fit the racial profile that the police in Texas will use to enforce Trump’s draconian deportation force”.
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