- A federal appeals court paused a lower-court injunction, allowing Texas to start enforcing parts of SB 4 that let state officials arrest and deport people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
- The law’s contested provisions would criminalize reentry after deportation — even with federal permission or a green card — and let Texas magistrate judges issue deportation orders.
- Civil-rights groups (ACLU, Texas Civil Rights Project) vow to keep fighting the decision; Texas AG Ken Paxton, who appealed, is running for the U.S. Senate, giving the case added political prominence.
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