The supreme court of the #unitedstates (scotus) granted approval that will allow texas to enforce controversial immigration law on tuesday, giving police the authority to detain migrants seeking to cross the border from #mexico. The bill will also give authorities the power to impose penalties on individuals crossing the us-mexico border and deport undocumented people back to their home country. "texas is the nation's first-line defense against transnational violence and has been forced to deal with the deadly consequences of the federal government's inability or unwillingness to protect the border," the state's solicitor general aaron l. Nielson argued in court papers. Senate bill 4, which received approval from texas lawmakers last year, was initially blocked by the supreme court after being challenged by the biden administration alleging that the legislative would usurp federal authority over immigration policy in the country.