Trump v. Barbara · ¶528

The litigation between Arizona and the United States inaugurated an era in which the Federal Government and States resisted each other’s efforts to address illegal immigration. Texas, in particular, repeatedly challenged federal immigration policies that the State alleged increased illegal immigration. But the State met with little success in this Court. The trouble began when Texas unsuccessfully challenged the 2021 termination of an earlier administration’s border-enforcement policies. Biden v. Texas, 597 U. S. 785, 801–807 (2022). The State also lost in this Court when it tried to stop the Government’s de-prioritization of immigration enforcement against some criminal aliens. United States v. Texas, 599 U. S. 670, 673–674 (2023). This Court thus greenlighted a policy that prohibited immigration officials from making enforcement decisions based solely on criminal convictions “no…

slip opinion, revised 7/01/26
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