SCOTUS temporarily halts Texas SB 4

In a battle of the courts, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted Texas Senate Bill 4 from going into effect, reversing a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on March 2.

Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 4 in December, marking an attempt to curb people crossing the Rio Grande after several years of record numbers of illegal migrants entering the country.

SB 4, if allowed, would make illegally c…