Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito extended a pause on a Texas law that allows the state’s law enforcement to arrest immigrants entering the United States from Mexico.
Alito, who handles emergency applications stemming from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, temporarily froze the law on March 4 as the Supreme Court considers a petition by the Biden administration to block the law for a longer period of time.
The Republican-appointed justice’s previous orders set a Wednesday deadline for the court to make its decision or otherwise allow the law, Senate Bill 4, to go into effect. The new pair of orders extend the deadline until Monday at 5 p.m. EDT.
If allowed to go into effect, SB 4 would make it a state crime to cross the
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