12:16 PM CDT March 20, 2024heard arguments Wednesday over a controversial Texas immigration law that would allow state officials to jail and prosecute migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally.
Attorneys for both sides made their arguments Wednesday for why the hold should or should not be continued as a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality plays out. It's not clear when the next decision might come. “I’m an immigrant myself and I lead a massive county where almost 25 percent of the population are immigrants. Under SB 4, it’s conceivable that an anti-immigrant officer could arrest someone for little more than them “looking like an immigrant.” That possibility alone makes our community nervous, and with good reason. I’ll be the first to say that our immigration system and border security have major challenges.
The impact extends far beyond the Texas border. Republican legislators wrote the law so that it applies in all of the state’s 254 counties, although Steve McCraw, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, has said he expects it will mostly be enforced near the border.
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