SB4 would allow Texas law enforcement at the state and local levels to arrest, jail and prosecute migrants suspected of entering the U.S. without authorization.
Washington — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Tuesday extended an order blocking Texas troopers and police from arresting and jailing migrants suspected of crossing the U.S. southern border without authorization under a strict state immigration law known as SB4.Alito continued an administrative stay of a lower court order that had paved the way for Texas officials to enforce SB4, one of the toughest state immigration laws in U.S. history.
While Texas has argued the law will help the state curtail unlawful border crossings, the Biden administration has said SB4 interferes with the federal government's long-standing power over immigration policy, conflicts with U.S. asylum law and harms relations with the Mexican government, which has called the measure 'anti-immigrant.'In late February, U.S.
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