| The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take part in the case entitled “The aptly named” Texas v. United States. S. B. It is a crime to be an undocumented alien in Texas. This law imposes harsh penalties and allows for state deportation of undocumented immigrants to Mexico, regardless of their nationality. |
| In light of the supremacy of federal law as declared by the Constitution and the primacy of the federal government with respect to immigration as recognized by the Supreme Court in the 2012 “show your papers” case of Arizona v. United StatesA federal district judge issued a preliminarily injunction against the enforcement of S. B. 4. Texas appealed the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit. This court surprised many. granted an “administrative stay” of the preliminary injunction—which would have allowed S. B. In the meantime, 4 would have been in effect. However, the Fifth Circuit also granted a stay of its stay to allow… |
