Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
Update:The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday night issued a decision that put the Texas law back on hold, blocking once again enactment of legislation that would allow local and state law enforcement to detain or deport migrants believed to have crossed the border illegally.Earlier: Rights advocates on Tuesday blasted the conservative majority of the U.S.
4 to take effect while Sotomayor, joined by Jackon, penned a lengthier dissent warning that the majority decision 'invites further chaos and crisis in immigration enforcement.' Those behind the ongoing legal battle against S.B. 4 issued similar warnings on Tuesday. Adriana Piñon, legal director at the ACLU of Texas, declared that 'the implementation of this unconstitutional and extreme anti-immigrant law will likely be disastrous for both Texans and our legal system.
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