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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 5th Circuit Court of Appeals late Tuesday blocked a new Texas immigration law, SB 4, from going into effect.. The ruling came just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the law that makes ...
SB 4 had been scheduled to take effect March 5, but its implementation was delayed after a lawsuit challenging the law on constitutional grounds was filed against Texas by the U.S. Justice ...
Texas Senate Bill 4 authorizes state police to arrest and state judges to deport people suspected of illegally crossing into Texas from Mexico.
Governor Abbott claimed that Texas had received more refugees than any other state, stating that 10% of all refugees in the United States had resettled in Texas over the past 10 years. [39] On January 15, 2020, a federal judge blocked the executive order, ruling that individual states do not have the power to deny refugees entry and that doing ...
The hotly debated SB 4 was passed by the Texas House earlier this week and Gov. Greg Abbott said he plans to sign SB 4 into law, which critics say could lead to racial profiling and feeds "anti ...
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