Court clears way for Texas to enforce migrant arrest law
A federal appeals court has allowed Texas to enforce parts of a controversial migrant arrest law. This decision follows a previous injunction that aimed to block the law, which critics argue undermines federal immigration authority. Civil rights groups have expressed disappointment and plan to continue their legal fight against the law.
- ▪The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way for Texas to enforce parts of a migrant arrest law.
- ▪A federal judge had previously issued an injunction against the law, citing concerns over federal immigration authority.
- ▪Civil rights advocates have vowed to continue their legal battle against the law, calling it illegal.
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A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday (May 29, 2026) cleared the way for Texas authorities to enforce key parts of a law that would allow State officials to arrest and deport people suspected of having illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.A 2-1 panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an order put on hold an injunction a federal judge had issued on May 14 in a class-action lawsuit filed by civil rights advocates on behalf of thousands of people who could be subject to the law’s provisions.Austin-based U.S.
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