The law allows state and local law enforcement to arrest anyone suspected of entering Texas illegally and allows judges to order them to return to Mexico.
HOUSTON — Attorneys for the state of Texas and the Biden administration squared off Wednesday in oral arguments over a law known as Senate Bill 4 in front of a federal appeals court in New Orleans.
A legal battle has been ongoing for months, with a federal judge in Austin blocking the law in February, saying SB4 conflicts with federal law.
SB4 was briefly enacted in March thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court decision on a question over an administrative stay in the legal proceedings. Hours later, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals put the block back in place, thanks to a 2-1 vote.
On Wednesday, attorneys on both sides went before a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to argue their case.
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