{"id":27320,"date":"2024-03-05T07:50:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=27320"},"modified":"2024-03-05T07:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:50:50","slug":"us-supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-controversial-texas-border-law-sb4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/03\/05\/us-supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-controversial-texas-border-law-sb4\/","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court temporarily blocks controversial Texas border law SB4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a severe Texas law that would allow police to arrest people suspected of crossing the border from Mexico.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The law, if implemented, would be one of the toughest immigration laws passed by any US state in modern history and could upend the relationship between the state and federal governments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rights groups and the Biden administration have sued to stop it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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At the federal government’s request, the top US court put the law on hold.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The law – known as SB4 – was originally due to come into force on Tuesday, and would make border crossings illegal and punishable with jail time. It also would significantly increase the number of deportations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Under the legislation, local and state police officers would be allowed to make the stops and arrests, except in schools and hospitals, with more limited evidence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But it faced legal challenges and\u00a0last week a US federal court ruled the law should be put on hold.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge David Ezra ruled it was the federal government – rather than individual states – that had jurisdiction over immigration matters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Texas appealed, and an appeals court temporarily suspended Judge Ezra’s order over the weekend while it decided whether to allow the state’s motion to move forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But then a further legal development came on Monday, just a day before the law was due to come into effect, when the US Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to intervene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Justice Samuel Alito decided to temporarily block the law until 13 March – and has said Texas has until the end of next Monday to put its arguments forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The law could still come into force, if the Supreme Court sides with Texas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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