So over?
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Don't know why they didn't do this to begin with. My understanding is BP has jurisdiction over only a certain distance from the border. They would have had no lawsuit or excuse to weasel their way through.
The border patrol claims 100 miles from the border is their jurisdiction.
I doubt the Supremes would actually rule that Texas can enact a fence only at 100 miles inland, because that would be absolutely ridiculous. I'm saying keep pushing them to define what distance it's okay for Texas to have a fence that keeps illegal aliens out.
Not their sole jurisdiction, though. They can operate in that space, but it doesn't mean they get to dictate everything that happens in the corridor.
As far as the SC, if it looks like Texas is doing immigration enforcement, I think they're going to stop it on separation of powers.
I like how Texas law doesn't try to deport them. They go to jail, but with the option of self-deporting instead.
So Texas isn't actually enforcing immigration.
Of course the liberal justices will overrule it anyway because they want more browns, and the Catholic justices believe in unitary, top-down authority so always side with the feds.
Normally an illegal caught committing a crime would be held based on whether they got bail. They would have an immigration hold, so as soon as they were let out of jail, or sentenced, I guess, they'd be send to ICE for deportation, but ICE doesn't do that any more.
100 miles is obviously way too much fucking room for the Feds to mess around in.