Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Texas Immigration Law SB4

The controversial law, allowing state law enforcement to arrest migrants, faces legal challenges from the Biden administration.

The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which allows state law enforcement to arrest migrants suspected of entering the US illegally.
The law, set to take effect on March 13, 2024, unless the Supreme Court intervenes, has sparked a legal showdown between Texas and the Biden administration over immigration enforcement.
SB4 would empower Texas law enforcement to arrest, jail, and prosecute migrants on state criminal charges of illegal entry or reentry, and allow state judges to issue de facto deportation orders.
Federal Judge David Ezra blocked SB4, arguing that immigration arrests and deportations are federal responsibilities, but the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals suspended his order, allowing SB4 to potentially take effect.
The Biden administration argues that SB4 interferes with federal immigration enforcement, ignores US asylum law, and jeopardizes foreign relations with Mexico.