Update at 6:00pm
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily halted a new Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants who enter the country illegally.
Hours after the Justice Department asked the high court to intervene, the court on Monday blocked the Texas immigration law from going into effect until next week.
The high court also requested a response from the state by Monday.
The emergency request came after a federal appeals court over the weekend stayed U.S. District Judge David Ezra’s sweeping rejection of the law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. The law was set to take effect Saturday.
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(WBAP/KLIF) – A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court’s ruling blocking a Texas border law from taking effect.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the order setting up a showdown to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The law makes illegal crossing of the border from Mexico a Class B Misdemeanor and gives the state the authority to arrest migrants who enter illegally and remove them.
The order came after a federal judge in Austin blocked the law.
The 5th Circuit Court will stay its decision for seven days. This will allow the Justice Department time to appeal to the Supreme Court.