Author: Antoine Sánchez

– 202403Migrant Arrests Texas 98324

A federal appeals court has declined to lift an order preventing Texas from arresting and deporting suspected border-crossing migrants. Tuesday’s 2-1 ruling is the latest development in the back-and-forth legal battle over Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s stringent new immigration law. The law was in effect for a few hours on March 19 due to a procedural order from the U.S. Supreme Court. However, the court remanded the case to the appellate court for further deliberation. The recent ruling is likely to halt enforcement of the law until a final decision on its merits. Representatives for Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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