US Supreme Court lets Texas border enforcement law take effect

WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect that allows state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, rejecting a bid to block it by President Joe Biden's administration.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the Texas law will"sow chaos and confusion at our southern border". Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott called the court's action"clearly a positive development". Mr Abbott last December signed the law, known as SB 4, authorising state law enforcement to arrest people suspected of entering the US illegally, giving local officers powers long delegated to the federal government. Mr Abbott said the law was needed due to Mr Biden's failure to enforce federal laws criminalising illegal entry or re-entry.

Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote an opinion concurring with Tuesday's decision, explaining the justices were being asked to upend a lower appeals court's"administrative stay" of a judicial decision blocking the law — a measure that is meant to be short-lived. The 5th Circuit acted fast on Tuesday after the Supreme Court ruling, scheduling oral arguments for Wednesday on the motion to stay the case pending appeal.

Texas has tried to deter people who cross illegally under its Operation Lone Star using measures including deploying National Guard troops to the border, blocking migrants with concertina wire and installing a floating barrier over a stretch of the Rio Grande.

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