Supreme Court Justice Warns Texas Immigration Law Will ‘Sow Chaos’

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Texas law that allows local police to arrest illegal immigrants would “sow chaos.”

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. (Front L–R) Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Elena Kagan. (Back L–R) Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

As the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision Tuesday to allow a Texas immigration law to go into effect, one dissenting justice claimed the measure would “sow chaos.”

The law, SB4, gives Texas law enforcement officials the ability to arrest, detain, and remove people who are suspected of illegally entering the United States. The Supreme Court rejected an emergency request from the Biden Department of Justice, which had argued that states have no right to enforce immigration laws.