On Monday, the Supreme Court extended a temporary block on a new Texas immigration law that is being challenged by the Biden administration.
As conservative Justice Samuel Alito issued the order, the court once again implemented a temporary freeze on a lower court decision. The court stated that the law would stay on hold until another order is given by the court.
The law was supposed to go into effect on March 10. However, Alito has now intervened on three various occasions to make sure the lower Court ruling stays on hold.
His most current order was expected to expire on Monday night, which means that the law would have been effective even without the Supreme Court taking action.
It isn’t know how long the ruling will be blocked, but now, all nine justices have more time to decide what should be done.
SB4 is the law in question and allows authorities to apprehend migrants who unlawfully cross the border from Mexico and permits criminal consequences to be issued.
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prologar stated in court documents that the Texas law is “flatly inconsistent” with Supreme Court actions going back 100 years.
However, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defended the bill and stated in court documents that the measure correlates with federal law. He added that the state should be permitted to enforce it.
Two immigrant rights groups, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center and American Gateway have also opposed the law. Additionally, they have filed their own emergency documents at the Supreme Court.
