Supreme Court of the United States extended the temporary blockade on Tuesday until next Monday in implementing a Texas law that allows law enforcement to detain and expel migrants suspected of entering the country illegally.

This legislation, known as SB4, is another ingredient in the confrontation between the Texas state government and the federal government led by Democrat Joe Biden, who: By law it has jurisdiction over immigration.

The law, approved last year by the Texas Legislature and set to take effect March 5, is one of the anti-immigrant measures. the most radical in US history.

In late February, a Texas federal judge delayed the entry into force of the measure after a lawsuit by several organizations and El Paso County, Texas, which argue that the law is unconstitutional because local authorities do not have jurisdiction to take action on immigration matters.

But the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the magistrate judge’s decision, sending the litigation to the Supreme Court. The law was supposed to come into force on March 9.

In response to the Biden government’s emergency request, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued initial lockdown order giving Supreme Court justices until this Wednesday to rule on this new legal dispute between Texas and the federal government.

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This deadline has now been extended until March 18. which will allow the magistrates to decide whether to maintain the blockade or allow it to take effect.

The law does minor offense an alien “entering or attempting to enter the State from a foreign country” illegally. The disadvantage becomes serious crimeis punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to 20 years, if the offender is a repeat offender.

The initiative also allows public justice order the deportation of people without trial. In addition, police officers may arrest any person they suspect of entering the country illegally and will have the discretion to arrest any person they suspect of entering the country illegally. send him to Mexico instead of arresting him.

Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expressed regret over the temporary blockade in a message He warned that he would continue to defend the law.

For their part, the plaintiffs, led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, said in a statement that the law will “lead to racial discrimination” throughout the state, especially against Latinos.

(according to information from EFE)