AOL by Nate Raymond 5/29/2026
May 29 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Texas authorities to enforce key parts of a law that would allow state officials to arrest and deport people suspected of having illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.
A 2-1 panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an order put on hold an injunction a federal judge had issued on May 14 in a class-action lawsuit filed by civil rights advocates on behalf of thousands of people who could be subject to the law's provisions.
Austin-based U.S. District Judge David Ezra had issued the injunction after concluding the state law improperly challenged the federal government's long-held power to control immigration, naturalization and deportations.
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate, quickly appealed, leading to Friday's order.
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