Appeals court blocks Texas immigration law after Supreme Court action
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A federal appeals court Tuesday night ordered that a contentious new Texas immigration law be paused just hours after the Supreme Court said it could go into effect.
A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals split 2-1 in saying in a brief order that the measure, known as SB4, should be blocked. The same court is hearing arguments on the issue Wednesday morning.
The state law would allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the border from Mexico and impose criminal penalties. It would also empower state judges to order people to be deported to Mexico.
The Supreme Court's order prompted alarm among immigrant rights activists amid confusion on the ground about whether the law could be enforced immediately.
The appeals court appeared to be taking the hint from the Supreme Court, which in rejecting an emergency application filed by the Biden administration put the onus on the appeals court to act quickly.
"If a decision does not issue soon, the applicants may return to this court," conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote in a separate opinion joined by fellow conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
On the appeals court, Judges Priscilla Richman and Irma Carillo Ramirez voted to block the law. Judge Andrew Oldham voted for it to remain in effect while the court considers whether to block it.
Richman and Oldham are both appointees, while Ramirez was appointed by President Joe Biden.
The Biden administration has argued that the law conflicts with federal immigration law and that states have no authority to legislate on the issue.
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What idiots would want to halt enforcement of state and federal laws? Oh, that's right, the Traitor Joe administration.
then why isn't ken paxton in jail?
I pointed out the idiocy of an administration fighting to NOT doing their jobs. Who said anything about people going to jail?
... every republican in texas, especially the texas AG.
Wait. You actually believe Texas, a state that is trying to implement law that backs federal law is trying NOT to enforce a state law? What kind of backwards thinking is that?
devangelical did (in comment 1, 1, above:
then why isn't ken paxton in jail?
Prove otherwise.
[✘] Who said anything about people going to jail?
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Since the treasonous Biden administration won't act and enforce existing law, the states have no choice but to act on their own.
The Supreme Court has pretty much spoken on this issue, and SB4 is likely to pass Constitutional muster and be put into effect.
Since the precedent has been established, other states are likely to come up with similar laws.
The first lie. They are doing poorly, but they are enforcing the law.
The second lie. The SCOTUS only dropped the stay for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to take it up. Which they did
The third lie for a hat trick. The only established precedent is the one that where immigration enforcement falls to the feds and it will likely stand.
Not building barriers or stopping the construction of the barriers along the border and suing states that put up barriers along the border to secure it is not enforcing the law. That's the opposite.
Did you forget the federal judge ruled that Traitor Joe's administration must resume construction as set by the previous administration with the funds set by the same administration?
When the dust settles, SB4 will stand, and be enforced. Is Biden going to send the National Guard to keep Texas law enforcement from applying the law??
Ah yes, The Washington Stand ... the 'independent' mouthpiece of the 'independent' Family Research Council. Yikes!
Are complying with the order?
Not unless they ignore the constitution.
Did they send the National Guard to AZ when they tried to enact a similar law?
Evil - consider this - The Court’s caseload is almost entirely appellate in nature, and the Court’s decisions cannot be appealed to any authority, as it is the final judicial arbiter in the United States on matters of federal law.
Only if two or more appellate courts have differing opinions, substantiated with a plethora of NEW FACTS, will the court rehear the case.
Otherwise, their decision stands.
In this particular case, only ONE appellate court disagrees - two or more appellate courts are the base requirement.
They don't stand a chance of being granted a writ of certiorari.
If it does become law we will have another Sheriff Joe situation and the lawsuits will start flying.
I read earlier where Texas LEO said that they would not enforce SB 4 even if it became law, and in the meantime, it gets more and more confusing.
Republicans are great at passing laws but not funding them making them moot. It's an old vote buying trick.
It's gonna be interesting.
So you can't dispute the information so it's the source you attack. Come back when you have an argument.
There isn't much LEOs can do to enforce the law legally that they can't already do. All this does is move the responsibility for housing and return (which Mexico said they won't accept) to state facilities and state courts in an unfunded mandate. Watch Abbot try to turn Eagle Pass into an internment camp...
When it comes to the Washington Stand, the source and the content are one in the same.
See 2.1.10
Once was far more than enough. I actually read thru a number of their screeds, I believe the appropriate acronym is GIGO ... a MAGA forte.
Maverick County Sheriff says the County jail is already full of miscreants and they cannot afford the fines for deliberate overcrowding or to build new facilities, so he just wont step on the Border Patrols "domain".
the rwnj austin nazis only care about getting their mugs on FOX ...
Not until they amend the Constitution...
So it's his job, specifically to enforce the law? You claim he can barely talk but you want him personally enforcing every law on the books in the USA?
Do you know what the word administration means? it is clearly in his comment.
I didn't know Andy Jackson was still alive and in the South.
Nice reporting, Since all federal judges are appointees, glad you were able to get that detail right NBC.