Confusion in Texas after appeals court blocks border arrest law
by Guardian staff and agency from US news | The Guardian on (#6KG0Z)
State law that would allow local officers to arrest migrants halted hours after US supreme court allowed it
Texas was in a state of confusion early on Wednesday in the hours after another freeze on the controversial new state law that would allow local law enforcement to arrest migrants - the legal jurisdiction of the federal government - hours after the US supreme court had allowed it.
There was puzzlement, after the law had been in force for a few hours and was then blocked by an appeals court around midnight, about whether and when state troopers or Texas national guard soldiers - who have the most interaction with migrants - would begin enforcement.
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