Mexico asks U.S. court to strike down Texas immigration law

Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, lifted …filed a brief in a U.S. court Thursday asking judges to block Texas from enforcing its strict new immigration law, saying it’s unfairly frightening Mexicans who live in the state.

SB4 creates state-level penalties for entering the country illegally, with both a criminal punishment and a type of deportation as options for state judges. The criminal penalties were written to match federal law, with a misdemeanor for a first offense and a felony for repeat offenders.

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