TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 14, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito this week extended a temporary pause on a Texas law allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. His action gives the justices additional time to weigh a request by President Joe Biden's administration to freeze an order from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that allowed the law to take effect while being challenged. The administration had sued to block the measure in January, arguing it interferes with the federal government's power to regulate immigration. Alito's new order is set to expire on March 18, extending the pause from the original expiration date of March 13, Reuters reports.