Supreme Court lets Texas detain and jail migrants under SB4 immigration law as legal battle continues

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : At the request of the Biden administration, a federal judge last month blocked SB4, finding that the state measure is at odds with federal immigration laws.
46% : Over the past three years, Texas has mounted the most aggressive state effort yet to challenge the federal government's power over immigration policy, busing tens of thousands of migrants to major, Democratic-led cities, assembling razor wire and buoys along stretches of the border to deter migrant crossings and filing multiple lawsuits against federal immigration programs.
38% : "Sotomayor warned that SB4 will "disrupt sensitive foreign relations, frustrate the protection of individuals fleeing persecution, hamper active federal enforcement efforts, undermine federal agencies' ability to detect and monitor imminent security threats, and deter noncitizens from reporting abuse or trafficking.

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