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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 ...
Senate Bill 4, a proposed new law making it a state crime to enter Texas illegally from Mexico, could potentially harm community relations, burden local taxpayers and strain county jails, El Paso ...
The 5th Circuit is currently considering whether to allow Texas to enforce Senate Bill 4 while it weighs the larger question of whether the law violates the US Constitution. A three-judge panel at ...
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 ...
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 authorizes state police to arrest and state judges to deport people suspected of illegally crossing into Texas from Mexico.
Because of Texas Senate Bill 4's limitations on sanctuary cities, and in an effort to reduce the impact of low-level interactions with police, Casar initiated policy changes to make Austin a "Freedom City", [46] which discourages the police from making low-level discretionary arrests and requires police officers to inform residents that they ...