The 2-1 decision came late Tuesday from a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. It keeps the state of Texas from enforcing the law, known as SB 4, as the legal challenge against it continues in federal court.
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Mayor Ron Nirenberg said there is no guarantee that the city will get all the money it needs to run the MRC from the federal government and that they expected to learn more in the coming weeks.
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The 62nd annual International Friendship Festival Parade in Eagle Pass on Saturday would have normally featured floats and school marching bands from Piedras Negras, but this year Customs and Border Protection (CBP) denied permission to some from south of the border to participate.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Washington Post columnist Eduardo Porter about Texas' immigration law SB4, and Mexico's reaction to it.
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The tense moment Thursday occurred at a time when the El Paso Sector of U.S. Border Patrol has seen about 1,000 migrant encounters per day.
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A federal appeals court blocked Senate Bill 4 from going into effect. The bill could grant local police departments the authority to enforce state immigration policies.
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The legal battle over SB4, which gives local and state police the authority to arrest someone suspected of illegally entering Texas, has become an emotional roller coaster.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg about the law, currently on hold, that would let state and local law enforcement arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Texas State Rep. Armando Walle about the potential impact of SB4 on Hispanic communities in the state.
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The controversial new law would allow Texas law enforcement officers and judges to arrest and deport people in the country illegally, powers that have traditionally belonged to the federal government.
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Senate Bill 4, the Texas law that allows local police to arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally, is blocked yet again after a late-night order Tuesday from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.