Texas Ag commissioner warns of screwworm found near U.S. border

Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller urges vigilance after a screwworm case is confirmed in northern Mexico, just 197 miles from the U.S. border.

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-ag-commissioner-warns-of-screwworm-found-near-u-s-border/

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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.

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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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