Texas law cracking down on illegal immigrant ‘invasion’ prevails in court challenge

A federal appeals court allowed to stand Texas’ law giving the state independent power to arrest and deport illegal immigrants, with the judges saying the groups who challenged it lacked legal standing to bring the case.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said they were not ruling on the legality of the state’s law at this time.

But they erased an injunction that had been put in place to block it from taking effect, saying that ruling was based on a faulty understanding of standing, which is the need to prove an injury that can be corrected by a court.

The law created state criminal penalties for crossing the border into Texas, matching the federal law. It also called for the state to carry out its own removals of illegal crossers.

Texas’ goal was to give itself independent powers to enforce the border. The state cited the Constitution’s “invasion