The US Supreme Court on Monday suspended the entry into force of a controversial law enacted by Texas aimed at criminalizing illegal immigration. Called “SB 4”, this law would notably establish a “criminal offense of illegal entry into Texas from a foreign country’, punishable by six months in prison and up to 20 years in the event of a repeat offense.
A federal judge, contacted by the Ministry of Justice, NGOs supporting immigrants and a local community, had already suspended the law at the end of February.