Appeals Court Seems Divided on Halting Texas Immigration Law

Published on March 20, 2024

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard arguments on March 20 over whether to temporarily halt Texas’ controversial immigration enforcement law before the circuit tackles it more substantively at a later date. The three-judge panel appeared somewhat divided during arguments from Texas Solicitor General Aaron Nielson, the Justice Department, and the American Civil Liberties Union. Judge Irma Carillo Ramirez, an appointee of President Joe Biden, didn’t speak. The hearing came one day after the Supreme Court denied an emergency application by the Biden administration to block the law. Hours later, the Appeals Court reinstated the hold on Texas’s law....

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