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Quite a stunning move after the SCOTUS lifting its own stay.
Also, quite am unexpected turn. Back to SCOTUS?
A federal appeals court cast doubt Wednesday on Texas’ stiff new immigration law that tries to create a state deportation system, with the judges suggesting it would trample on the federal government’s prerogatives.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put the law on hold late Tuesday, just hours after the Supreme Court had erased its own blockade.
Amid that legal whiplash, a three-judge panel of the appeals court heard oral arguments Wednesday and the members had a host of questions about how the law would work in practice.
Several of the judges cast doubt on the part of Texas’ law that would create a state deportation system, giving state judges the power to order someone to be returned to the border.
And they said there are a host of unanswered questions about how the rest of the law would operate.
“I’m not sure I understand the law totally,” said Judge Priscilla Richman.
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Also, quite am unexpected turn. Back to SCOTUS?
A federal appeals court cast doubt Wednesday on Texas’ stiff new immigration law that tries to create a state deportation system, with the judges suggesting it would trample on the federal government’s prerogatives.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put the law on hold late Tuesday, just hours after the Supreme Court had erased its own blockade.
Amid that legal whiplash, a three-judge panel of the appeals court heard oral arguments Wednesday and the members had a host of questions about how the law would work in practice.
Several of the judges cast doubt on the part of Texas’ law that would create a state deportation system, giving state judges the power to order someone to be returned to the border.
And they said there are a host of unanswered questions about how the rest of the law would operate.
“I’m not sure I understand the law totally,” said Judge Priscilla Richman.
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Texas border law back on hold as appeals court doubts states’ power to deport illegal immigrants
A federal appeals court cast doubt Wednesday on Texas’ stiff new immigration law that tries to create a state deportation system, with the judges suggesting it would trample on the federal government’s prerogatives.
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