The US Supreme Court yesterday 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.
The Justice Department sued in January to block the measure, originally set to take effect on March 5. The administration said the law violates the US Constitution and federal law by interfering with the US government’s power to regulate immigration as well as running afoul of a 2012 Supreme Court precedent.
Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote an opinion concurring in 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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