Roughly five minutes after Texas’ controversial Senate Bill 4 took effect, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito extended his administrative stays of the new immigration legislation indefinitely.
Backed by Governor Greg Abbott, S.B. 4 was approved by a special Texas legislative session in November, providing a green light for local and state law enforcement to arrest, detain and remove individuals suspected of entering the state illegally from other countries.
Earlier this month, Justice Samuel Alito, a conservative, delayed Texas’ implementation of the laws until March 18 at 5 p.m.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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