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Texas immigration law in legal limbo, with intensifying fight between Texas and the US government over securing the Mexico border

  • Written by Mark P Jones, Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies & Baker Institute Political Science Fellow, Rice University
imageA Texas National Guard soldier watches over a group of migrants who crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 18, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion on March 19, 2024, that Texas can – at least for now – have state authoritiesdeport undocumented migrants, which has traditionally...

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