Appellate Judges Considering New Texas Immigration Law

Texas’s controversial new immigration law will remain on hold while judges on the nation’s most conservative federal appeals court debate the merits. Opponents are glad the legislation, which allows local police to arrest anybody they believe crossed the border illegally, is getting a thorough review. El Paso County Commissioner David Stout says they will remove the law if the court follows precedent. Attorneys for the State of Texas pushed back against suggestions that it will lead to racial profiling. Officers, they argued, would have to see someone cross the border illegally to make an arrest.