Lawyers for the federal government and the State of Texas were in front of a federal appeals court on Wednesday, arguing over the constitutionality of the state's immigration enforcement bill. SB 4 allows local officers to arrest and charge migrants
Texas Senate Passes Education Tax Credit Scholarship BillThe Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), the tax credit scholarship bill that will allow low income and special needs families who are in failing public schools to get assistance to pay for private tuition.Breitbart...
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"It's by far the most anti-immigrant bill that I have seen," Yale-Loehr said of SB4. What does SB4 do? Crossing into the U.S. outside of an official port of entry is already a federal crime, though most migrants' violations are treated as civil cases in the immigration court syst...
“One of the issues that drove the board’s decision was concern on behalf of quite a number of our members that they might not be willing to bring themselves or their families to Texas,” AILA president Bill Stock told reporters during a conference call. “Our members a...
Texas families could use tax dollars to fund their children’s private school tuition under a Republican-backed bill that sailed through the Senate late Wednesday. Texas Abbott vows pay raises for teachers and more property tax relief Updated: Feb. 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM GMT+8| By James Ba...
SB 4 would have let police officers ask people during routine stops whether they're in the U.S. legally and threatened sheriffs with jail time for not cooperating with federal immigration authorities. According to the Texas Tribune, Judge Garcia halted part of the bill that, "required jail off...
“Our office won’t have much to do with Senate Bill 4 unless we’re working with one of our brother sheriffs or sister sheriffs on the border,” Smith said, “because you have to be able to prove they came across the border illegally. And unfortunately y...
Earlier this month, ArizonaGov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a similar bill, SB 1231, that passed through the state legislature saying, “this bill does not secure our border” and “presents significant constitutional concerns and would be certain to mire the State in costly and protracted litigation.” ...
12:36 p.m.- Sen. Brandon Creighton makes a motion on SB2. Says a similar bill passed four times in 2023. 12:31 p.m.- Ahead of the floor debate on SB2, Sen. Cesar Blanco (D- El Paso) released a video on X saying the bill would take money away from public schools. ...