Supreme Court lets Texas carry out its bigoted immigration law
Posted on AllSides March 21st, 2024
From The Left
OPINION
The Supreme Court issued a ruling Tuesday that allows Texas to enforce a law that lets state law enforcement officers arrest people suspected of being in the United States illegally.
The move followed Monday’s brief stay extension from the justices that prevented the law from going into effect. Tuesday’s ruling allows Texas to enforce the law, known as Senate Bill 4 or SB 4, while its legality is under consideration by the ultraconservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Fundamentally, this is a gift to the state’s Republican governor, Greg...