Father, whether this law survives or not, we pray that You would protect our border. Protect Texas and other states like it struggling under the weight of the border crisis, and put an end to the senseless flow of illegal immigration into America!

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Texas, blocking its controversial immigration law. What happens now?

From Fox News. A divided appeals court said in a late-night ruling that a controversial Texas immigration law cannot go into effect as the state appeals a ruling that blocked it.

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the 2-1 ruling regarding Senate Bill 4 on Tuesday night, just a week after it had previously blocked the law, which – if enforced – would allow law enforcement in Texas to arrest suspected illegal immigrants and allow state judges to deport them. The court noted that this tends to be the jurisdiction of the federal government.

“The broadest exercise of federal discretion is the Executive’s decision not to pursue either civilly or criminally the very noncitizens whom Texas has drawn a bead upon in enacting new state laws. The discretion to pursue these same noncitizens likely lies exclusively with the Executive,” Chief Judge Priscilla Richman wrote. …

Richman and Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez voted to block the law, while Judge Andrew Oldham voted for it to go into effect. …

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