Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suggested Thursday that his administration is preparing to take his border fight to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked a law that was set to go into effect this month allowing police to arrest illegal immigrants.
U.S. District Judge David Ezra issued a preliminary injunction to halt the law, set to take effect March 5, while the state attorney general’s office immediately appealed the ruling. His order rebuked Texas’ immigration enforcement efforts, denying claims that there was an invasion at the U.S.–Mexico border due to illegal crossings, while also arguing that it violates the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.
