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Texas’ immigration-enforcement law again kept on hold by federal appeals court

By Julián Aguilar The Texas Newsroom,

2024-03-27
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A Texas National Guard Humvee is parked at the gates of Shelby Park, in Eagle Pass, on Jan. 16. Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune

A panel of federal judges has kept Texas’ immigration enforcement law that empowers local and state police to arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally on hold as litigation on the measure continues.

The Biden administration, El Paso County and a group of immigrant rights groups sued to block the law, known as Senate Bill 4, which also empowers local judges to order a migrant to return to Mexico regardless of the person’s nationality.

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