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Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided July 28, 1977Published

1Opinion of the Court

Honorable Joe Resweber County Attorney Harris County Courthouse Houston, Texas 77002

Re: Authority of local peace officers to arrest illegal aliens without a warrant.

Dear Mr. Resweber:

You have asked our opinion whether a Texas peace officer may arrest and detain a person without a warrant because the officer has reason to believe the suspect to be an alien who has illegally entered the United States. An alien who illegally enters the country or eludes examination or inspection by immigration officials commits a federal misdemeanor offense for the first such violation. Subsequent offenses are…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. Di ReSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Miller v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. De Canas v. BicaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. United States v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. United States v. Alexander Manuel MallidesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973

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