A federal judge stops the entry into force of the Texas anti-immigrant law. The law allows state security forces to request papers and detain people in order to deport them to Mexico.
Magistrate David Ezra has described the rule as unconstitutional, since it gives local authorities powers that correspond to federal agencies. “Texas will immediately appeal this decision. "We will not give up in our fight to protect our State and our nation from President Biden's border crisis," Governor Abbott said in a statement.