Posted on 03/19/2024 11:51:37 AM PDT by JonPreston
The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave Texas officials permission to jail and prosecute migrants suspected of crossing the U.S. southern border without authorization, greenlighting the enforcement of a state immigration law known as SB4 that the Biden administration has called unconstitutional.
Denying a request from the Justice Department, the high court allowed the controversial Texas law, one of Gov. Greg Abbott's signature immigration policies, to take effect while the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit considers the measure's legality.
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 ent
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Finally!
Bad news for Katie Hobbs and Gavin Newsome
So Katie Hobbs has now lost her only excuse for vetoing a similar law in Arizona. Is she going to sign the bill if it is brought up again?
So, no champagne pops.
I caught a Compost story on msn just now and came to FR to review posts.
This is where I stopped reading in disgust (first paragraph):
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Texas to immediately begin enforcing one of the nation’s harshest immigration laws, which opponents say would disrupt more than a century of federal control over international borders.
Hay, it’s a logical position.
And I suppose that ‘straw’ is the illogical position?
😉😊
No chance.
She is there to block anything the GOP passes.
It would be great if they re-submitted it!
wow. if true, a ruling i can wholly agree with. a rarity in this court. TX will run with it quickly, i hope.
could be silly....but the problem we have here is that THIS is a legal battle....
Good and start throwing their asses OUT OF OUR COUNTRY STARTING NOW..mass deportations NOW
5th Circuit is the most solid court in the USA.
It’s a very clever statute.
The illegal is given a choice: go to prison for a long time and then hope for citizenship as a felon or voluntarily deport oneself and serve your sentence outside the USA.
Hold on. I thought SCOTUS said no yesterday. Can someone clarify?
the real amazing thing about this news, is that it is being reported on all the MSM outlets.
maybe the word about the immigrantion invasion will get out???
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
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