Posted on 03/19/2024 12:28:21 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block a Republican-backed Texas law allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, rejecting a request by President Joe Biden's administration.
The administration had asked the justices to freeze a judicial order allowing the Texas law to take effect while the U.S. government's challenge to the statute proceeds in the lower courts. The administration has argued that the law violates the U.S. Constitution and federal law by interfering with the U.S. government's power to regulate immigration.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott last December signed the law, known as SB 4, authorizing state law enforcement to arrest people suspected of entering the United States illegally, giving local officers powers long delegated to the U.S. government.
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Sewer Rooters is horrified!
Confusing. Didn’t SCOTUS just say Texas couldn’t meddle with immigration matters? I like this ruling much better, but....
If true finally they can protect themselves
Yeeesss!
Passed by the Texas legislature last year, SB4 criminalizes unauthorized migration at the state level, making the act of entering the U.S. outside of a port of entry — already a federal offense — into a state crime. It also creates a state felony charge for illegal reentry.24 mins ago:
Supreme Court lets Texas detain and jail migrants under SB4 ...
What Texas’ SB4 immigration law does:
SB4 empowers Texas law enforcement officials, at the state and local levels, to stop, jail and prosecute migrants on illegal entry and reentry charges.
It also allows Texas judges to order migrants to return to Mexico as an alternative to continuing their prosecution, effectively creating a de facto state deportation system.
The Justice Department has said SB4 conflicts with federal law and the Constitution, noting that immigration enforcement, including arrests and deportations, have long been a federal responsibility. It has also argued the measure harms relations with the Mexican government, which has denounced SB4 as “anti-immigrant” and vowed to reject migrants returned by the state of Texas.
Abbott, who has positioned himself as the leading state critic of President Biden’s border policies, has portrayed SB4 as a necessary measure to discourage migrants from crossing the Rio Grande, arguing the federal government has not done enough to deter illegal immigration.
Over the past three years, Texas has mounted the most aggressive state effort yet to challenge the federal government’s power over immigration policy, busing tens of thousands of migrants to major, Democratic-led cities, assembling razor wire and buoys along stretches of the border to deter migrant crossings and filing multiple lawsuits against federal immigration programs.
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Supreme Court lets Texas detain and jail migrants under SB4 immigration law as legal battle continues
By Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Melissa Quinn
Updated on: March 19, 2024 / 3:00 PM EDT / CBS News
Bet his royal anis has a bird over that one.
flip this around..
How exactly was the Scotus going to STOP TX Leo from doing this?
We are rapidly getting to the point where nobody is really paying attention to the SCOTUS. (biden and student loans).
What is the SCOTUS mechanism to enforce these types of ruling against a state, or a president?
“Bet his royal anis has a bird over that one.”
Even more enjoyable for our side is the outrage and insanity at the Whitehouse as they hear this good news.
Also, the elites who try to control America have lost a big battle in Texas.
Great news, but does this mean that if Trump survives the attempted election steal in November, that if Trump rebuilds the wall, that California (or AZ or NM) can tell him to take a hike?
Governor Abbott does not need Scotus to help him in Texas.
Outstanding!
California could REFUSE to to arrest Illegals, however all Federal authorities would obey Trump and arrest 'em all, where ever they were.
Even the ones hidden in the Governor's Mansion, and they would have a lot of fun searching it.
Every Red state can arrest and deport starting now. I’ll donate directly to the cause. Let’s set up a gofund to depart the illegal invaders.
Trump is winning.
Three Cheers for The Republic of Texas!
Every Citizen of Texas should be able to withhold that amount from their Federal Taxes that was for the Dept of Homeland Security, since Traitor Joe and his Butt-Boy Mayorkas have seen fit NOT to enforce the duly enacted laws for border security.
THAT is now being done by Texas!
> What is the SCOTUS mechanism to enforce these types of ruling against a state, or a president?
US Marshals?
I think they previously just continued the injunction that they had put in place (or something along those lines) and then today issued an actual order.
“The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce a law that allows local police to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally.
The ruling comes a day after the court extended a block on the state law at the request of the Biden administration, which sued to strike down the measure. The Biden administration argued that the law, known as Senate Bill 4, would usurp core federal authority on immigration. “
How did USSC vote on this?
5-4, 6-3 etc. If it’s a strong ruling the leftist ranting will be interesting.
Texas has expended 11 billion state funds to enforce the border that this administration has plied open. I support what Texas is doing. No doubt the sanctuary jurisdictions who encouraged this mess and are now suffering from it will be primary beneficiaries of Texas’ actions, But I doubt they will be sending Abbott a Hallmark card and a check thanking him. What Abbott can’t push back across the border, he can ship north to Massachusetts to choke on their virtue signaling and where they have more geography to accommodate them than urban NY, Chicago and Denver
So, does this mean the feds can still allow illegals in through an office crossing, then process and release them into Texas?
It appears so.
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