The United States Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the State of Texas can enforce immigration laws and arrest illegal migrants.
The Supreme Court just ruled that Texas is allowed to enforce SB 4, allowing state police to arrest and deport illegal aliens. Seven of the 9 Justices sided with Texas over the Biden admin Sotomayor and Jackson dissented and said it will “sow chaos.”
🚨🚨 HUGE WIN: Texas has defeated the Biden Administration’s and ACLU’s emergency motions at the Supreme Court. Our immigration law, SB 4, is now in effect. As always, it’s my honor to defend Texas and its sovereignty, and to lead us to victory in court.
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) March 19, 2024
From NBC News:
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it will allow Texas to enforce for now a contentious new law that gives local police the power to arrest migrants.
The conservative-majority court, with three liberal justices dissenting, rejected an emergency request by the Biden administration, which said states have no authority to legislate on immigration, an issue the federal government has sole authority over.
That means the law can go into effect while litigation continues in lower courts. It could still be blocked at a later date.
“The court gives a green light to a law that will upend the longstanding federal-state balance of power and sow chaos,” liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a dissenting opinion. Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson also objected to the decision.
Crazy that Texas has to do the job of the Biden administration, which filed aggressive legal action to stop the state!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 19, 2024
If anyone still doesn’t believe that ushering in illegals is the goal of the Biden administration, this should convince them. https://t.co/HKiJKNufFS