ACLU Sues To Block Texas From Being Able To Arrest Immigrants
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The law -- which would allow police to arrest people they suspect crossed the border illegally -- is set to go into effect in March, if the courts don't block it.
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit to block Texas police from being able to arrest immigrants who crossed the border illegally.
“Gov. Abbott’s efforts to circumvent the federal immigration system and deny people the right to due process is not only unconstitutional, but also dangerously prone to error, and will disproportionately harm Black and brown people regardless of their immigration status,” said Anand Balakrishnan, senior staff attorney at the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, in a news release.
The lawsuit ― which was filed by the ACLU, the ACLU of Texas and the Texas Civil Rights Project on behalf of the Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, American Gateways and the county of El Paso, Texas ― aims to block Texas Senate Bill 4, which Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed into law Monday.
That legislation allows local and state police to arrest any immigrant who they suspect has entered the U.S. illegally. If the courts don’t block the law, it’s set to go into effect in March. The law also allows Texas judges to deport the immigrants.
Immigrants rights groups have condemned the legislation, and 30 former U.S. immigration judges signed a letter earlier this month calling it unconstitutional.
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