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Supreme Court Extends Temporary Block on Texas From Enforcing Immigration Law

The Biden administration is currently challenging a new Texas law that allows state police to arrest suspected illegal immigrants.
Supreme Court Extends Temporary Block on Texas From Enforcing Immigration Law
A group of more than 1,000 illegal immigrants walks toward a U.S. Border Patrol field processing center after having crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico, in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 18, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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The U.S. Supreme Court has extended a temporary freeze barring Texas from enforcing a new law that allows state police to arrest immigrants suspected of crossing the U.S.–Mexico border illegally.

Justice Samuel Alito, who oversees the federal circuit handling the case, on March 18, extended an administrative stay on Texas Senate Bill 4 that was initially issued on March 4 and then extended on March 12 to allow the court time to review the case. The stay was extended “pending further order” of the court, according to the order.
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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