Texas’ New Immigration Crackdown Appears to Be Headed Straight to Court
HuffPost reports that the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) plans to file a lawsuit in the coming months that could block Texas Senate Bill 4’s implementation in September.
The lawsuit will be based on pre-emption issues regarding immigration policy.
On Monday, the League of United Latin American Citizens, Maverick County, and the City of El Cenizo filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas alleging that the bill violates the Tenth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The lawsuit asks the court to declare that the bill is invalid on its face and to enjoin the defendants from enforcing it.
