“I think what we can draw from this, from the chaos that this has been are several conclusions,” said Lisa Graybill, vice president of law and policy at the National Immigration Law Center. “One is that this is clearly a controversial law. Two is that the ...
legally and track the cost of treating people without legal status following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that expands the state’s clash with the Biden administration over immigration. Critics fear the change could scare people away from hospitals in Texas, even t...
In court, Texas has argued the law mirrors the U.S. government’s immigration enforcement. The Justice Department has argued that it is a clear violation of federal authority and would create chaos at the border. Abbott reminded a crowd at a conservative policy...
The White Housedescribed a new immigration law in Texas allowing law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants as "extreme" Tuesday, igniting the latest tension between the Biden administration and states at the southern border over its handling of the migrant crisis. The new legislation, si...
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The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes weeks after a panel on the same court cleared the way for Texas to enforce the law by putting a pause on a lower judge’s injunction. World & Nation What’s next for the disputed Texas i...
SB4, White House spokesperson Angelo Fernández Hernández said, "This is an extreme law that will make communities in Texas less safe. Generally speaking, the federal government — not individual states — is charged with determining how and when to remove noncitizens for violating immigration ...
The proposal also drew comparisons to a 2017 “ban on sanctuary cities” that allowed police to ask a person’s immigration status and threatened sheriffs and police chiefs with jail time if they refused to cooperate with federal authorities to enforce immigration law. That proposal was signed ...
Controversial Texas immigration law remains on hold Leon Fresco, a former Department of Justice official, says the Supreme Court could have a massive impact on immigration law if they choose to allow controversial Texas SB4 law to take effect....
Police Chief Tony Finner was asked numerous questions about the law and what reassurances he could provide people who may now not want to report crimes because they fear being arrested over their immigration status. One woman told Finner in Spanish that the new law is “fracturing the ...