BREAKING: Federal appeals court gives Texas a big WIN on immigration law blocked last week

by The Right Scoop

Texas Governor Greg Abbott blasted out the news this morning that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just gave them a big victory this weekend, putting on hold the lower court decision that blocked their immigration law that allowed them to arrest and jail illegals entering the state.

Here’s what he said:

“BREAKING HUGE NEWS. Federal appeals court allows Texas immigration law to take effect. Law enforcement officers in Texas are now authorized to arrest & jail any illegal immigrants crossing the border.”

 
Below is the news that Abbott linked, which points out that the Fifth Circuit put their own ruling on hold for seven days to give Biden a chance to appeal to the Supreme Court:

A federal appeals court granted a temporary stay of a lower court’s decision to block the enforcement of a controversial Texas immigration law, paving the way for it to go into effect this week if the Supreme Court doesn’t intervene.

Last week, a federal judge in Austin, Texas, blocked the state government from implementing Senate Bill 4, which would allow state law enforcement authorities to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally.

Judge David Alan Ezra wrote in his Thursday decision to halt the law that “If allowed to proceed, SB 4 could open the door to each state passing its own version of immigration laws.”

Texas appealed the ruling, with Republican Gov. Greg Abbott saying, “We will not back down in our fight to protect our state — and our nation — from President Biden’s border crisis.”

Over the weekend, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of Ezra’s decision but put its ruling on hold for seven days, allowing time for the Biden administration to go to the Supreme Court.

The law remains blocked only until March 9 unless the Supreme Court keeps it on hold. It was originally set to go into effect March 5.


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