A 3-judge panel of Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said that it was dissolving its own earlier ruling, which had cleared the way for the law to be implemented once the #SupremeCourt acted.
The late-night reversal meant that an #injunction imposed by a #federal district court last month would again be in force, blocking the #law from being in effect.
The back-&-forth series of #legal orders — & the on-again-off-again reality of a sweeping new #state-level #immigration law— prompted uncertainty along the #border & defiance from #Mexico’s govt on Tues.
Even before the #FifthCircuit’s late order, it had been unclear when #Texas would begin making arrests under the law.
Here is the brief, late-night #FifthCircuit federal appeals court ruling that effectively again blocked a #Texas#immigration#law, #SB4, hours after the #SCOTUS had cleared the way for it to take effect. The TX law would make it a #crime to cross into the state from #Mexico, giving local authorities the #power to #arrest people suspected of illegally entering the country.
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