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When Judge David Ezra of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on Feb. 29 issued the first hold on SB 4, he said the attempt to enforce immigration law falls under the federal ...
The Supreme Court picked up the case March 4, when the federal government appealed a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals order overruling a federal district court's order to delay SB 4 from taking ...
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a hold on SB 4 on Tuesday night, about nine hours after the U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for the controversial measure to take effect.
Texas Senate Bill 4 (Texas S.B. 4) is a Texas state statute enacted by the Texas Legislature and signed into law by governor Greg Abbott on December 18, 2023. The bill allows state officials to arrest and deport migrants who enter the state illegally. [1] Senate Bill 4 is the subject of United States v.
Texas Senate Bill 4 was first introduced into the Texas Legislature on November 15, 2016. [7] It passed the Texas Senate on February 8, 2017, by a vote of 20–10. [ 8 ] The bill then went to the Texas House of Representatives , where it passed on April 27, 2017, by a vote of 94–53, with one representative voting "present."
SB 4 was allowed to take effect for several hours last week, after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed its hold on the law, allowing an earlier ruling by a three-judge panel of the appeals court to ...
In 2021, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued an 8–1 decision, holding that the Texas Attorney General does not have unilateral authority to prosecute election code violations. [25] All three incumbent Judges up for re-election were part of the majority decision.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday night again issued a hold on SB 4 — a Texas law that would authorize state and local police to arrest and even deport people suspected of being in the ...