A Texas law that empowers local police to arrest and deport migrants accused of entering the U.S. illegally has again been put on hold, just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed its enforcement. The Supreme Court’s divided decision to allow Texas to assume border security duties marked a significant win for the state's efforts to control illegal immigration from Mexico. It was short-lived, however, as hours later, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2-1 order preventing the law,...
The 2-1 decision came late Tuesday from a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. It keeps the state of Texas from enforcing the law, known as SB 4, as the legal challenge against it continues in federal court.
A federal appeals court will hear arguments Wednesday over whether to allow Texas to temporarily enforce its controversial law that allows state officials to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. The hearing comes one day after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the measure to take effect, only for it then to be blocked by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals late Tuesday night. The law, SB 4, is part of the ongoing battle between Texas and the Biden...
A federal appeals court on Tuesday night ordered that a contentious new Texas immigration law be paused just hours after the Supreme Court said it could go into effect. A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals split 2-1 in saying in a brief order that the measure, known as SB4, should be blocked. The same court is hearing arguments Wednesday morning on the issue. The state law would allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the border from Mexico...
SB 4 allows Texas judges to deport a person in lieu of criminal proceedings and local law enforcement to ask people about their immigration status.
Just hours after the Supreme Court allowed a Texas law to take effect that gave state law enforcement the authority to arrest people they suspect are entering the country illegally, a federal appea
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In a late Tuesday decision, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to allow Texas' controversial "show me your papers" law to go back into effect while a legal fight over its constitutionality plays out, the Associated Press reports. The 2-1 ruling ruling by the New Orleans-based court likely means Texas won't be able to enforce the law, Senate Bill 4, until the same panel of judges or the U.S. Supreme Court renders a final decision on its legality, according to the AP. Passed last...
State law that would allow local officers to arrest migrants halted hours
Judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case challenging a new immigration law in Texas that would allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross into the U.S. from Mexico. The case will be heard at 10 a.m. CT by Chief Judge Priscilla Richman and Judges Andrew S. Oldham and Irma Carrillo Ramirez. Richman was appointed by George W. Bush, and Oldham by Donald Trump, while Ramirez was appointed by President Joe Biden. In a brief order late...
The climate disclosure regulation is now on pause pending a review from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, as the first of multiple challenges yields action.
The ruling was made by a federal appellate court which is set to begin a