Federal judge blocks Texas&;#039; SB4 immigration law that would criminalize migrant crossings
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Federal judge blocks Texas&;#039; SB4 immigration law that would criminalize migrant crossings

A federal judge in Austin on Thursday blocked Texas state officials from implementing a sweeping immigration law that would have allowed them to arrest‚ jail and prosecute migrants who cross into the U.S. illegally. The Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union had challenged the law known as SB4‚ which was set to take effect on Tuesday‚ March 5.  In a 114-page order‚ Judge David Ezra of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granted the...