Supreme Court allows Texas to begin enforcing law that lets police arrest migrants at border

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 7:09 PM EDT, March 19, 2024


A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally while a legal battle over the measure plays out.

The conservative majority's order rejects an emergency application from the Biden administration, which says the law is a clear violation of federal authority that would cause chaos in immigration law.

Texas Gov Greg Abbott praised the order -- and the law -- which allows any police officer in Texas to arrest migrants for illegal entry and authorizes judges to order them to leave the U.S. The high court didn't address whether the law is constitutional. The measure now goes back to an appellate court and could eventually return to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, it wasn't clear how soon Texas might begin arresting migrants under the law.

It was also unclear where any migrants ordered to leave might go. The law calls for them to be sent to ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border, even if they are not Mexican citizens. But Mexico’s government said Tuesday it would not “under any circumstances” accept the return of any migrants to its territory from the state of Texas. Mexico is not required to accept deportations of anyone except Mexican citizens.

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Mexico says it won't accept migrants sent back under Texas' new immigration law

Updated 7:03 PM EDT, March 19, 2024


Mexico's government said Tuesday it would not accept the return of migrants that Texas orders to leave the U.S. after the Supreme Court allowed the state to enforce a strict new immigration law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

The law empowers police in Texas to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. Once in custody, migrants could either agree to a judge's order to leave the U.S. or be prosecuted on misdemeanor charges of illegal entry.

Mexico's Foreign Affairs ministry said "it will not accept, under any circumstances, repatriations by the state of Texas."

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.

[Marcus IM]

1. Wow. It's almost like Mexico is a sovereign nation, contrary to what tRumpsters think. n/t

[TexasDem69]

2. Aren't they citizens of Mexico?

[JustAnotherGen]

4. No

Many are from Central America.

[TexasDem69]

5. So some are citizens of Mexico?

[JustAnotherGen]

17. Yep

But Mexico does not have to accept another country's citizens.

Abbott is going to have to pay for flights that bypass Mexico to India. And China. And Guatemala . . . and so on and so forth.

The fast growing populations of undocumented residents are India and China immigrants.

He can't just pick.on the Latino/Latina population.

[cbabe]

7. Migrants are from everywhere. For example, China.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-border-mexico-chinese-migrants-60-minutes/

[TexasDem69]

8. Are Chinese migrants crossing the Texas border?

[cbabe]

9. Op link says most crossing at San Diego. Maybe better

example crossing in Texas: Haiti and Cuba….

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/11/09/whats-happening-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-in-7-charts/

Also chart showing countries of origin:

https://www.wola.org/2022/11/migration-country-by-country-at-the-u-s-mexico-border/

[GreenWave]

3. The "Republic" of Texas looking bad with a neighbor.

[TexasDem69]

6. I suspect there are a lot of Democrats

Who will support this outcome. And probably 99% of Republicans.

[JustAnotherGen]

18. Probably

I'm old enough to remember the outrage from folks outside of New Jersey when Governor Murphy took down the Mississippi State flag from our State Park.

It shored up ( pardon the pun) the Democratic Party vote and gained him some respect from non-Democratic Party members. States Rights!

[NanaCat]

10. So we can now save billions there

By removing Customs and Border Patrol entirely from the state. I mean, if they really want to take over how to control migrants coming into the state, well, let them do it. All of it.

And don't come crying to us when that sweet, sweet federal cash dries up, along with the entire economy (and jobs) built on it.

[Polybius]

11. Dupe

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143211832

[John Shaft]

12. This is a turning point

.

[moniss]

13. How long before

the "enforcers" end up killing some of the "detainees"? Will they use the same usual excuses of "I was afraid", "I thought they were grabbing for a weapon", "They refused to obey my commands" etc. ?

[DemocraticPatriot]

14. Maybe Hispanics will think twice about supporting Trump

and the Republicans, after they are pulled over for
"driving while brown"....

(those who allegedly are)


Yes, this is horrid, but Republicmorons aren't doing themselves any favors here....

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. Appeals court blocks Texas immigration law shortly after Supreme Court action

The decision comes just hours after the Supreme Court said the measure, known as SB4, could go into effect while litigation continues.

Link to tweet

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/appeals-court-blocks-texas-immigration-law-supreme-court-action-rcna144193

A federal appeals court on Tuesday night ordered that a contentious new Texas immigration law be paused just hours after the Supreme Court said it could go into effect.

A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals split 2-1 in saying in a brief order that the measure, known as SB4, should be blocked. The same court is hearing arguments Wednesday morning on the issue.....

The appeals court appeared to be taking the hint from the Supreme Court, which in rejecting an emergency application filed by the Biden administration put the onus on the appeals court to act quickly.

"If a decision does not issue soon, the applicants may return to this court,” conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote in a separate opinion joined by fellow conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

[DemocraticPatriot]

16. This certainly will NOT hurt the Democratic party in the General election

in Texas this November....


I hope they harass a lot of those hispanic American citizens in Texas---
those who are reportedly leaning Republican,

for the sake of Democracy in November!


(Yeah, it's bad, but the Supreme Court says "go ahead"---
so let it be "educational" for those who ought to be voting Democratic in Texas,
but perhaps are not)

Hispanics who like a "strong man"--- HERE is what it means!!!