Swordsmyth
09-26-2017, 09:41 PM
Local law enforcement agencies across Texas will have to honor federal immigration holds for people who are in the country illegally but will not be penalized for failing to help enforce federal law, an appeals court ruled Monday in allowing parts of Texas' so-called "sanctuary city" law to take effect temporarily. In a mixed ruling that allowed both sides to claim partial victory, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals let stand a lower court ruling that had temporarily halted portions of the law that required local agencies to provide enforcement help to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The unanimous decision allows the controversy over the law — known as Senate Bill 4 — to continue for weeks or longer in Texas, where protests against the provisions have been ongoing for months.
The court set a hearing for Nov. 6 to hear arguments from Houston, San Antonio and other cities, counties and Hispanic advocacy groups that claim the law is unconstitutional because if violates the Fourth Amendment right requiring probable cause for a person to be held behind bars.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who had asked the appeals court Friday to allow the full law to take effect, insisted Monday's ruling was a victory.
More at: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/Appeals-court-Portions-of-Texas-sanctuary-city-12226917.php
The unanimous decision allows the controversy over the law — known as Senate Bill 4 — to continue for weeks or longer in Texas, where protests against the provisions have been ongoing for months.
The court set a hearing for Nov. 6 to hear arguments from Houston, San Antonio and other cities, counties and Hispanic advocacy groups that claim the law is unconstitutional because if violates the Fourth Amendment right requiring probable cause for a person to be held behind bars.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who had asked the appeals court Friday to allow the full law to take effect, insisted Monday's ruling was a victory.
More at: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/Appeals-court-Portions-of-Texas-sanctuary-city-12226917.php