Lending my background here. Yes, noncitizens are subject to US laws;
however, they may be then be deported even for minor violations, so families
may have incentive not to report. I know someone mentioned the mom not being
deported on humanitarian grounds, but I believe this is tough to prove and
there is proposal, if not already enacted,  to make it even more difficult.

Re:  Texas "law."  A proposed bill is not a law. This causes a lot of
confusion out there, including in BF circles. Each year, there is much
*proposed* legislation, that dies. These are not laws. For that reason,
there are now two LLL webpages--one for enacted state laws, and another for
proposed laws.

Melissa Vance, JD, LLLL

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