Before I share the latest update on the Texas immigration law, I'm going to advise readers to brace themselves — don't want anyone getting legal news whiplash! 

As we reported early Monday afternoon, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay on a District Court ruling that blocked Texas SB4 from going into effect. The measure allowed state law enforcement officers to arrest and detain those suspected of entering the country illegally. 

But the Biden administration and immigration advocacy groups sued for an injunction, which District Judge David Ezra granted last Thursday. Over the weekend, the Fifth Circuit issued an order staying the District Court ruling. However, they stayed their own ruling to allow for an appeal to the Supreme Court. 

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The Biden administration and advocacy groups did just that late Monday afternoon, and the Supreme Court has now weighed in and issued a temporary stay...of the stay (of the injunction of the law — this is starting to sound a bit like the legal version of the old woman who swallowed the fly, isn't it? Also, this is why people hate lawyers.) 

Here's the Supreme Court Order: 

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Okay, so here's where things stand at present: The Texas law will not go into effect (for now). The Supreme Court has given Texas until Monday, March 11th, to respond to the Biden administration and advocacy groups' applications to vacate the Fifth Circuit's stay of the lower court injunction. 

From there, there will be additional procedural twists and turns before there's an ultimate resolution on the merits. And we'll do our utmost to keep you apprised all along the way.