A group of migrants walk to an El Paso County Sheriff transport van to be taken to processing on the day the U.S. 5th Circuit ...

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Texas authorities may not enforce a Republican-backed state law that would let them arrest and ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs law making illegal immigration a state crime 03:20. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas on Monday signed one of the harshest state immigration laws in modern U.S ...

The controversial Texas immigration law explained. SB4 gives local law enforcement the authority to arrest and charge migrants crossing the border . Julia Reinstein, Ariana Baio.

A federal appeals court has blocked Texas from enforcing SB4, a Republican-backed law allowing state authorities to arrest ...

Appeals court keeps Texas immigration law on hold 04:19. A panel of federal appeals court judges late Tuesday continued to block Texas from arresting and jailing migrants under a contentious state ...

Can police check immigration status? According to the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, SB4 (while currently on hold) does not change the way police are required to act when enforcing Texas laws on ...

Is Texas SB4 legal? Immigration enforcement has long been the domain of the federal government. State attempts to establish immigration laws have failed, historically, when the legislation is ...

What is the Texas immigration law ‘SB4' and why is it so controversial? The law would allow any Texas law enforcement officer to arrest people suspected of entering the country illegally.

The law, known as SB4, gives Texas law enforcement authorities the power to stop, arrest and jail migrants on new, state-level illegal entry charges. It also allows state judges to issue de facto ...

What would Texas' SB4 do? SB4 makes it a state crime to circumvent traditional immigration checkpoints and illegally cross into the U.S. The law, signed by Abbott on Dec. 18, gives police in Texas ...