Appeals court freezes Texas law allowing police to arrest migrants

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Mexico´s Foreign Affairs Secretary Alicia Bárcena said in a sharply worded statement that it would refuse to take anyone back who is ordered to leave the country under the state law and that it 'categorically rejects' any state or local government enforcement of immigration laws.
36% : It also appears that the Lone Star State will receive no help from the Mexican government in its attempt to force the lawMexico´s Foreign Affairs Secretary Alicia Bárcena said in a sharply worded statement that it would refuse to take anyone back who is ordered to leave the country under the state law and that it 'categorically rejects' any state or local government enforcement of immigration lawsMigrants seeking asylum in the United States wait on the border of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico on March 19Mexico further condemned the Texas law being allowed to take effect, saying it would criminalize migrants and lead to the separation of families, discrimination and racial profilingRepublican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who signed the bill in December, has said the law was needed due to Biden's failure to enforce federal laws criminalizing illegal entry or re-entry, claiming in December that 'Biden's deliberate inaction has left Texas to fend for itself.'
32% : Republicans in February scuttled a bipartisan Senate deal that would have bolstered border security and tightened immigration laws after Trump pushed members of his party to reject it.
12% : Biden said blame for the bill's failure lay with Republican lawmakers who bowed to political pressure from Trump who 'thinks it's bad for him politically.'An analysis of exit polls conducted by Edison Research following primary election voting in early March showed alarm among many voters over the situation along the border.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.