A federal appeals court late Tuesday night kept on hold a Texas law that would allow state officials to effectively deport immigrants.
In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit agreed to halt implementation of the law while Texas appeals a decision from a trial judge who last month found that the law likely violated the Constitution.
The 5th Circuit will now hear oral arguments April 3 about whether the trial judge correctly ruled on the state law, known as SB 4, which was originally set to go into effect earlier this month.
