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.
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.had erased its own blockade.heard oral arguments Wednesday and the members had a host of questions about how the law would work in practice.
The law allows a judge to order deportation, which would mean state authorities take a migrant back to the border. “What we’re trying to do is to make sure that Congress, who sets the national immigration laws, that those laws are followed,” Texas Solicitor General Aaron Nielson told the judges.said it isn’t clear who exactly falls under the law. She wondered about someone who snuck into the U.S. across the Canadian border and then made their way to Texas, or someone who snuck in elsewhere and lived in another state for years then just arrived in Texas.
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