Texas governor signs bill allowing police to arrest migrants entering US illegally

Law gives police sweeping new powers as well as empowering local judges to order migrants' expulsion

The Texas governor, Greg Abbott, on Monday signed a bill giving all police in the state sweeping new powers to arrest migrants deemed to have entered the US illegally as well as empowering local judges to order their expulsion back across the US-Mexico border.

The hard-right Republican's actions represent a brazen challenge to the federal government's authority over the enforcement of US immigration law.