CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Many in South Texas are watching the future of SB 4, the new immigration law blocked earlier this week, which would allow state and local police to arrest people suspected of crossing into the state illegally.
South Texas has long seen the impacts of migrant passing's, from bailouts to at times, even human finding human remains on properties.
There is one group out of Falfurrias, working to find and report migrants to Border Patrol.
"Kind of like a neighborhood watch group. To go out and watch these trails and report that traffic to the border patrol," said Michael Vickers, who is the chairmen for the Texas Border Volunteers group.
Even with the blockage of SB 4, Vickers said that he and his team are seeing a downward trend.
"It's actually been slow this year. This year so far, we have only found seven dead bodies, which is an indication that the traffic is down," he said.
Eddie Canales with the South Texas Human Rights Center said that he'd like to see different solutions.
"We will do a know your rights presentation along with make sure that people understand their rights and remaining silent," he said.
Canales said that when it comes to SB 4's impact, it can have a number of widespread implications.
"Barbed wire, buoys. In that respect, you know the people are still wanting to get through," he said.
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