Washington, March 20.- The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will today hear the arguments of Texas on a controversial law that would allow the Police to detain and expel supposedly irregular migrants.
The three-judge panel will evaluate the matter after the law was first suspended indefinitely and this Tuesday came into force momentarily to put it on pause again.
In a brief order, the panel voted 2-1 to overturn an earlier ruling by another team of justices that had temporarily put so-called SB4 into effect.
The initiative was endorsed yesterday after the conservative majority court rejected an emergency request from the Joe Biden Administration, which provides that states do not have the authority to legislate on immigration.
The three progressive justices of the highest court spoke against it, but with six votes in favor the conservatives gave a short-lived victory to Texas.
“Texas can now immediately enforce its own law, which imposes criminal liability on thousands of noncitizens and requires their removal to Mexico. This law will alter “sensitive foreign relations” in the region, said two progressive judges.
The Democratic government spoke along the same lines, warning about the possibility that ties with Mexico would be affected.
The Mexican reaction was immediate, as its authorities made it clear that with the entry into force of the law that “aims to stop the flow of migrants by criminalizing them, promoting the separation of families, discrimination and racial profiling that threaten human rights. humans of the migrant community.”
However, last night they stopped SB4 again. At least the blockade will have to wait for what happens now in court. (Text and photo: PL)
