An appeals court maintains the blocking of Texas immigration law SB4. The decision is known after the hearing on March 20 to decide on the measure, which allows state and local police to detain undocumented immigrants and deport them to Mexico.
A federal judge in Texas blocked the law in late February, but the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals quickly stayed that decision. The law allows any Texas officer to detain people suspected of entering the country without documents, but officers must have probable cause, which may include witnessing a break-in or seeing it on video.