The Supreme Court on Monday extended a stay on a Texas law that allows local police to arrest immigrants who enter the country illegally.
Put simply order, Justice Samuel Alito once again extended the administrative stay preventing SB4 from going into effect after the stay expired today. In early March, the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to block the law from taking effect pending litigation, saying it “could disrupt the United States’ efforts to administer federal immigration laws in Texas.” wrote. (Related: Federal judge blocks Texas law allowing law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants)
The suspension has no specified expiration date and will continue until the Supreme Court or Alito issues a new order.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the law in December in response to record amounts of illegal crossings. The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas in January to block its implementation.
In February, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals suspended a district court judge’s ruling blocking the law from taking effect, prompting an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Kick the can: #scotus Texas is once again at an impasse over whether to enforce SB4, the state’s immigration enforcement law. Alito granted a second administrative stay extension while the court considers further action. This is indefinite, but probably temporary. doctor: https://t.co/Lj4CWJ6WMF
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) March 18, 2024
“SB4 would have a significant and immediate negative impact on the U.S.-Mexico relationship by allowing Texas to remove noncitizens to Mexico without their consent. “This is critical to the federal government’s ability to effectively address the issue,” Attorney General Elizabeth Preloger wrote in the government’s filing earlier this month. “SB4 would undermine the federal government’s relationships with other countries and prevent the United States from conducting assessments under the Convention on the Transfer of Noncitizens to Countries Where They May Be Subject to Persecution or Torture.”
In a recent Supreme Court filing, Texas stated that the state is “the nation’s first line of defense against cross-border violence and that the federal government is unable or unwilling to protect its borders.” We are now forced to deal with deadly consequences.”
“Governor Abbott – serves as the “Supreme Commander of the National Guard” in Texas, Const. art. IV, §4—activated the authority to protect Texas from transnational cartels involved in terrorism, human trafficking, and fentanyl and weapons smuggling,” the filing states.
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