A federal judge has blocked Texas from enforcing a new law that would make illegal immigration a state crime.
U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra of the Western District of Texas on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction that will block Texas' Senate Bill 4 from taking effect next week. The law would allow state authorities to arrest and jail illegal immigrants, and would give state judges the power to order deportations.
In his ruling, the judge wrote that states "may not exercise immigration enforcement power except as authorized by the federal government."
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