Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan criticized the Fort Worth Police Department for its reaction to the SB4 migrant law and said law enforcement must enforce it.
Latest update: A federal appeals court put the Texas SB4 law back on hold late Tuesday night. The court will hear arguments about the law on Wednesday. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan said compliance with Senate Bill 4 is 'not optional' after the Fort Worth Police Department signaled that immigration enforcement should be left up to state and federal authorities.
Texas can begin arresting and deporting migrants after Supreme Court declines to delay new state law “Although we will always follow the law, the primary responsibility for immigration enforcement and border protection should be left to our federal and state partners,” Noakes said in a statement posted online Monday. In response, Phelan lashed out at the department after the Supreme Court allowed SB4 to go into effect.
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