What is SB4? The controversial Texas immigration law explained [Video]

A federal appeals court has issued an order preventing Texas from arresting migrants suspected of entering the country illegally. The order came hours after the Supreme Court gave the state the green light to enforce its controversial new immigration law.

But what does the new law involve?

The SB4 law makes it a crime for individuals to cross the US–Mexico border illegally and gives law enforcement the authority to charge them with a Class B misdemeanour, which carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail. Second offenders could face second-degree felony charges and up to 20 years in prison.

Will the law go into effect?

The decision to block the law by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals comes weeks after a panel on the same court cleared the way for Texas to …