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May 21, 2025
The Status Of Biden-Era Immigration Suits: A Roundup
Following the presidential transition, the U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss suits brought by the Biden administration challenging state immigration enforcement measures in Texas, Iowa and Oklahoma, leaving the status of those cases up in the air.
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March 20, 2025
DOJ Drops Biden-Era Suit Over Texas Migrant Arrest Law
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to dismiss its challenge to a Texas law that allows state officials to arrest people suspected of crossing the border unlawfully and empowers state judges to order their removal.
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June 20, 2024
Judge Flags Iowa's Blocked Immigration Law In Texas Battle
The Texas federal judge overseeing the Biden administration's challenge to a state law authorizing the deportation of noncitizens urged the parties to inform the Fifth Circuit of an order blocking Iowa's similar law, anticipating an Eighth Circuit review of Iowa's defeat.
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April 25, 2024
Judge Puts Texas Arrest Law Case On Ice During Appeal
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.
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February 29, 2024
Texas Judge Bars State's Migrant Arrest Law During Litigation
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.
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February 15, 2024
Texas Migrant Arrest Law Needs 'A Lot More Care,' Judge Says
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."
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February 08, 2024
Texas Says New Migrant Arrest Law Mirrors Federal Law
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.
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January 16, 2024
Feds Say Texas Migrant Arrest Law Is Like Nixed Ariz. Law
The Biden administration has argued that a new Texas law allowing the state to arrest and deport migrants couldn't stand since the U.S. Supreme Court had struck down an Arizona immigration law for similarly intruding on the federal government's immigration authority.
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January 03, 2024
Texas Overstepping With Immigrant Arrest Law, Feds Say
The Biden administration sued Texas Wednesday to block its controversial new law allowing it to arrest and deport migrants, telling a Texas federal judge the statute is a clear violation of the federal government's mandate to manage immigration.