BREAKING: Texas bill making illegal border crossing an arrestable offense BLOCKED by federal judge pending appeal

The bill seeks to make illegal border crossings an arrestable offense.

In his ruling, Judge David Alen Ezra argued that, "the Supremacy Clause and Supreme Court precedent affirm that states may not exercise immigration enforcement power except as authorized by the federal government," and that, "SB 4 conflicts with key provisions of federal immigration law, to the detriment of the United States’ foreign relations and treaty obligations."

He went on to suggest that, "surges in immigration do not constitute an 'invasion' within the meaning of the Constitution, nor is Texas engaging in war by enforcing SB 4," and that, "to allow Texas to permanently supersede federal directives on the basis of an invasion would amount to nullification of federal law and authority—a notion that is antithetical to the Constitution and has been unequivocally rejected by federal courts since the Civil War."

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