May 09, 2018
The Fifth Circuit has declined to revisit its ruling upholding a Texas statute that bars so-called sanctuary city policies, leaving in place a decision that the law is largely not in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
March 16, 2018
A Fifth Circuit ruling upholding the constitutionality of most of a Texas state law aimed at barring so-called sanctuary cities is different enough from other litigation percolating through federal courts that it's an unlikely candidate for U.S. Supreme Court review, experts say.
March 13, 2018
A Fifth Circuit panel Tuesday upheld most of a Texas statute that bars so-called sanctuary city policies, vacating most of the district court's injunctions of the statute after finding that it is largely not in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
October 20, 2017
Mexico told the Fifth Circuit in a brief filed Thursday that a Texas statute that bars so-called sanctuary city policies will create "substantial tension" in international relations between it and the United States, and expressed concerns the law will lead to discrimination against Latinos.
October 16, 2017
In three separate briefs filed with the Fifth Circuit Friday, some of Texas' largest cities voiced their opposition to a state statute that bars so-called sanctuary city policies, attacking it as an unconstitutional restriction of free speech and a violation of due process and the Fourth Amendment.
October 06, 2017
The U.S. government and 11 states backed Texas in its Fifth Circuit suit with cities over a state statute that bars so-called sanctuary city policies, arguing Thursday the law is constitutional and protects their shared interests in the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
September 29, 2017
Texas defended a state law that bars so-called sanctuary city policies in a brief Thursday to the Fifth Circuit, arguing a mandate to detain arrestees at the request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not preempted by federal law.
September 25, 2017
A Fifth Circuit panel allowed limited parts of Texas’ anti-sanctuary city law, known as S.B. 4, to go into effect Monday, greenlighting a federal immigrant detainer program that enlists the assistance of local law enforcement.
September 22, 2017
A Fifth Circuit panel on Friday questioned the legality of Texas requiring local communities to "fulfill" detainer requests by federal immigration agents when the federal government may not compel states and communities to do so itself.
September 20, 2017
West Virginia and seven other states sought Tuesday to support a push by Texas to pause a temporary block of much of the Lone Star State's anti-sanctuary city law, arguing that Texas will likely prevail in the case.