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Houston Public Media May 22, 2024

Border communities now await the fate of a state law that allows police to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally. If found guilty, a magistrate judge could expel that person to Mexico— even if they are not Mexican.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2024/05/22/488307/communities-are-wary-as-an-appeals-court-weighs-legality-of-texas-immigration-law/

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Communities are wary as an appeals court weighs legality of Texas immigration law

Regardless of what courts rule regarding SB4, a climate of distrust has permeated among immigrant and mixed-status families in Texas.

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Houston Public Media May 10, 2024

Two different groups surged through an El Paso border gate. An El Paso judge has twice thrown out the resulting criminal charges.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2024/05/10/487064/dps-has-charged-hundreds-of-migrants-who-rushed-a-border-gate-with-rioting-a-judge-has-thrown-out-the-charges/

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DPS has charged hundreds of migrants who rushed a border gate with rioting. A judge has thrown out the charges.

Twice in recent months, hundreds of migrants have rushed a border gate in El Paso in an effort to push past state troopers and National Guard and get into the U.S. The Texas Department of Public Safety responded by arresting hundreds of the migrants en masse on misdemeanor rioting charges. Now that strategy is being ...

Houston Public Media

Houston Public Media Mar 22, 2024

A federal appeals court blocked Senate Bill 4 from going into effect. The bill could grant local police departments the authority to enforce state immigration policies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/03/22/481362/texas-law-enforcement-braces-for-sb4-law-in-wake-of-appeals-court-hearing/

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Texas law enforcement braces for SB4 law in wake of appeals court hearing

SB 4 allows Texas judges to deport a person in lieu of criminal proceedings and local law enforcement to ask people about their immigration status.

Houston Public Media

Houston Public Media Mar 20, 2024

A federal appeals court late Tuesday night stopped a state law allowing Texas police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border — hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed it to go into effect.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2024/03/20/481115/texas-new-immigration-law-is-blocked-again/

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Texas’ new immigration law is blocked again

Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed Senate Bill 4 to go into effect, a federal appeals court let an earlier injunction stand. SB 4 lets Texas police arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border.

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Houston Public Media Mar 19, 2024

Implementation of SB 4, a Texas law that allows local and state police officers to arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally, was once again put on hold Monday by the United States Supreme Court.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2024/03/19/480969/controversial-texas-immigration-law-put-on-hold-again-by-u-s-supreme-court-pending-further-order/

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Controversial Texas immigration law put on hold again by U.S. Supreme Court ‘pending further order’

Senate Bill 4 was passed in late 2023 as part of a priority package of immigration and border security bills championed by Gov. Greg Abbott and other far-right leaders.

Houston Public Media

Houston Public Media Mar 5, 2024

The United States Supreme Court has put on hold a federal appeals court decision that would have allowed Texas’ controversial immigration-enforcement law, Senate Bill 4, to go into effect as early as this weekend.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2024/03/05/479658/u-s-supreme-court-puts-temporary-pause-on-controversial-texas-border-enforcement-bill/

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U.S. Supreme Court puts temporary pause on controversial Texas border enforcement bill

The Supreme Court’s decision means the law is on hold until at least the middle of next week.

Houston Public Media

Houston Public Media Feb 16, 2024

The state of Texas squared off against the U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of immigrant rights groups in federal court on Thursday over whether a new state border enforcement bill is constitutional.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2024/02/16/477696/federal-judge-disputes-texas-invasion-claim-during-sweeping-immigration-law-hearing/

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Federal judge disputes Texas’ invasion claim during sweeping immigration law hearing

Senate Bill 4, which was approved by the Texas Legislature late last year, authorizes a judge or magistrate to order a migrant to return to Mexico, regardless of their nationality.

Houston Public Media

Houston Public Media Jan 2, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice has threatened to sue to stop a new Texas law that allows state police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border — unless Gov. Greg Abbott backs off of enforcing the law.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/01/02/473287/u-s-department-of-justice-says-itll-sue-if-texas-enforces-new-law-punishing-illegal-border-crossing/

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U.S. Department of Justice says it’ll sue if Texas enforces new law punishing illegal border crossing

The state has until Wednesday to say it won’t arrest people accused of unauthorized entry from Mexico. If not, the Biden administration will sue, saying immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility.

Houston Public Media

Houston Public Media Dec 19, 2023

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law a sweeping and controversial immigration-enforcement bill that creates a new state crime for unauthorized entry from Mexico and allows state authorities to deport migrants.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2023/12/19/472754/gov-abbott-signs-bill-that-makes-unauthorized-entry-a-state-crime/

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Gov. Abbott signs bill that makes unauthorized entry a state crime

The legislation has been assailed by critics as a blatantly unconstitutional policy that grants law enforcement de facto permission to target minority communities regardless of their status.

Houston Public Media

Houston Public Media Nov 21, 2023

Lina Hidalgo, other Texas county judges ask U.S. president to block state’s new immigration law

Senate Bill 4, recently passed by the Texas Legislature, allows local and state authorities to arrest people suspected of entering Texas illegally from a foreign country and also empowers county and state court judges to order their deportation if they are found to be in violation. Enforcement of immigration laws is the jurisdiction of the federal government.

Lina Hidalgo, other Texas county judges ask U.S. president to block state’s new immigration law

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