The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, rejecting a request by President Joe Biden's administration.
The Supreme Court has rejected a Biden administration request to intervene and keep Texas immigration enforcement law SB4 on hold while it is challenged in lower courts.
Texas' SB4 law, which would allow the state to detain and jail migrants, is allowed to take
The Supreme Court allowed Texas’ new law creating state penalties for illegal immigration to go into effect after erasing a hold the justices had placed.
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A Supreme Court decision that lets Texas arrest and deport migrants – at least for now – on charges of illegally entering the country could have a dramatic impact on the U.S.-Mexico border but its immediate effect was muted. Sheriffs and police chiefs who will put
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court late Tuesday again prevented Texas from arresting and deporting migrants accused of entering the U.S. illegally, hours after the the law briefly took effect. Before a divided U.S. Supreme Court earlier let the state law take effect while a legal challenge plays
Anticipation and anger on Texas border after Supreme Court lets strict immigration law take effect
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to let Texas state troopers arrest migrants for crossing the border illegally may have explosive impact but its immediate effect was muted
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A Supreme Court decision that lets Texas arrest and deport migrants – at least for now – on charges of illegally entering the country could have […]
A new Texas law known as SB4 that gives state officials permission to detain and jail migrants suspected of crossing the U.S. southern border without authorization took effect Monday after the Supreme Court declined to act.The justices did not address an emergency request from the Justice Department to pause the law before 5 p.m. ET, when an earlier administrative stay expired. The move means Texas can being enforcing the controversial law, one of Gov. Greg Abbott's signature immigration...
A Texas law that allows local and state police officers to arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally is now in effect after a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. Immigrant rights groups and the Biden administration have argued the law is unconstitutional and will unfairly target Texans of color.
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...