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Texas’ Sweeping Immigration Law: What to Know and Where It Stands [1]
['J. David Goodman', 'Edgar Sandoval']
Date: 2024-05
A sweeping new Texas law that would empower state and local police officers to arrest migrants who cross into the state from Mexico without authorization faces an uncertain future.
The U.S. Supreme Court on March 19 briefly cleared the way for implementation of the law, which the Biden administration has challenged as an unconstitutional infringement on the federal government’s power to set and enforce immigration law.
But hours later, a federal appeals court put the law on hold once again, restoring an injunction issued by a judge in Austin.
On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the appeals court denied an effort by Texas to pause the injunction — leaving the block in place while the appeals process moves forward. The court is set to hear a formal appeal of the injunction on April 3.
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