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Story summary
- A Fifth U.S. Circuit of Appeals panel split 10-7 and vacated the preliminary injunction, leaving Texas’s Senate Bill 4 unblocked.
- Attorney General Ken Paxton praised the ruling as a major win for public safety.
- Judge James Ho wrote a concurring opinion that states have a right to defend against weaponized migration.
- Nicolas Palazzo, director of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, criticized the court for not addressing Senate Bill 4’s legality.
