April 25, 2024
A Texas federal court has paused the Biden administration's lawsuit challenging Texas' controversial law allowing state officials to arrest and deport migrants crossing the border unlawfully until the state's appeal of the court's temporary block on the law concludes.
February 29, 2024
A Texas federal judge on Thursday slammed the brakes on a Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport migrants, ruling that states can't exercise immigration enforcement power without federal permission.
February 16, 2024
Texas' Harris County urged a federal court to grant the Biden administration's bid to block an impending state law that would allow Texas to arrest and deport migrants, saying the law, if enforced, would lead to increased jail-related costs.
February 15, 2024
A Texas federal judge Thursday seemed poised to block a controversial state law that would permit the state to arrest and deport migrants, telling attorneys for the state that the statute may lead to a patchwork of immigration law akin to "the kind of thing the Civil War said you can't do."
February 08, 2024
The state of Texas pushed back Wednesday against the Biden administration's effort to block the state's controversial new criminal law allowing the state to arrest and deport migrants, arguing that the state law "mirrors" federal law standards and can't be preempted.
December 19, 2023
Immigrant rights groups and El Paso County filed suit in Texas federal court Tuesday challenging the state law enacted a day earlier that gives state law enforcement the power to arrest, detain and deport migrants, calling the measure unconstitutional.