Federal Appeals Court Keeps New Texas Immigration Law on Hold

Leah Barkoukis / Townhall Tipsheet

A federal appeals court extended its hold on a new Texas law, Senate Bill 4, that makes illegal immigration a state crime.

In a 2-1 vote, the 5^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law cannot go into effect while litigation continues. 

"For nearly 150 years, the Supreme Court has held that the power to control immigration — the entry, admission, and removal of noncitizens—is exclusively a federal power," wrote Judge Priscilla Richman.

Despite Texas’s criticisms about the federal government’s “actions and inactions” on the border, it is the president’s job to determine “whether, and if so, how to pursue noncitizens illegally present in the United States,” Richman added, reports NBC. 

Lawyers for the state could seek emergency action by the Supreme Court. Or they could let the decision stand and wait for arguments, set for April 3, over the substance of the law and whether the injunction was appropriately ordered.

Gov. DeSantis offers help to Maryland after bridge collapse

A.G. Gancarski / Florida Politics

'The State of Florida stands willing to help.'

Gov. Ron DeSantis is extending state resources, should they be needed, to Maryland in the wake of the shocking collapse of a bridge in Baltimore.

“I have directed (the Florida State Emergency Response Team) to offer assistance to the State of Maryland, if needed, following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The State of Florida stands willing to help and our prayers are with the victims and first responders,” he said on social media.

Reports indicate that a cargo ship lost power for a period of time before it collided with a support pier for the bridge on Interstate 695, causing the bridge to collapse into water. Cars collapsed into the water, said to be below 50 degrees, with air temperatures below that.

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