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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."
After the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Senate Bill 4 to go into effect in Texas on Tuesday, that same night, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals put the same bill on hold.. There’s plenty to examine ...
The 85th Texas Legislature began on January 10, 2017. All members of the House and Senate were elected in the general election held on November 8, 2016. Party summary
In a late-night decision Tuesday, a three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals extended a temporary block on Senate Bill 4 — Texas' sweeping and controversial immigration law ...
Texas Senate Bill 4 was enacted in 2017 to block municipalities in Texas from becoming sanctuary cities, that is, to prevent local authorities from refusing to cooperate with federal authorities in enforcing immigration laws by directing police and court officials not to question persons accused of crimes about their immigration status and to ...
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals kept Senate Bill 4 — a sweeping Texas immigration policy — on hold Wednesday as it continues to consider whether it will overturn a lower court's ...
The Texas House of Representatives this week also approved Senate Bill 3, which allocates an additional $1.54 billion for Gov. Abbott's controversial Operation Lone Star and the construction of ...
In 2017, Casar joined other local and statewide leaders to protest Texas Senate Bill 4, which forces local officials to cooperate with federal immigration officials and punishes local officials, including with prison time, who decline to do so. [85]