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Federal judge declines Texas request to block immigration officials from cutting border fencing

JURIST

Chief US District Judge Alia Moses rejected a motion for a preliminary injunction from Texas on Wednesday to block the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from cutting wire fencing at the US-Mexico border. The case is in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.

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US appeals court upholds preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of Texas immigration law SB4 pending litigation

JURIST

A three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a controversial Texas law, Senate Bill (SB) 4 , will remain on hold as litigation continues. SB4, the controversial Texas law that is the subject of this continued litigation, was originally signed into law in December 2023.

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US federal appeals court allows Texas to leave floating barrier on Rio Grande border with Mexico

JURIST

A US federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Texas can leave the floating barrier in the Rio Grande after a district court ordered the state to remove it on Wednesday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott appealed the order along with an emergency motion to stay the district court’s order earlier on Thursday.

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“For immigrants with protected status in Texas, U.S. Supreme Court ruling about green card ineligibility sent a ‘shockwave’; The high court ruled that immigrants granted protection from deportation due to conditions in their homeland are not eligible for green cards if they entered the country illegally”

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“For immigrants with protected status in Texas, U.S.

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DOJ appeals lower court ruling blocking DACA

JURIST

The US Department of Justice filed an appeal on Friday with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit challenging a lower court ruling in July blocking new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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United States District Court Rules Against Proposed DACA Regulation

Chugh LLP

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a ruling on the new regulation proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Instead, DHS will hold them until DACA is upheld in the court. By: Jioselin Juarez Contreras. conclusion.

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The morning read for Thursday, June 17

SCOTUSBlog

The Truth Teller of the Supreme Court (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times). For immigrants with protected status in Texas, U.S. Supreme Court ruling about green card ineligibility sent a “shockwave” (Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune).