Federal judge halts Texas immigration law the day before it was set to take effect
· KRGV (NBC 5)
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas Senate Bill 4, which was set to take effect, allowing state police to arrest individuals suspected of illegal border crossings. The law, passed in 2023, would classify illegal crossings as a state crime and mandate deportation for convicted individuals. Civil rights groups argued that the law infringes on federal immigration authority and lacks defenses for those with pending immigration statuses. U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra deemed parts of the law unconstitutional, emphasizing that immigration policy should not vary by state. The Texas Attorney General's office has not yet commented on the ruling.
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