2026年5月4日 美国东部时间22:06:33 / 福克斯新闻频道
参议院第4号法案将于5月15日生效，此前联邦上诉法院于上周解除了对该法案的禁制令
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一个民权组织联盟于周一提起新诉讼，试图叫停德克萨斯州一项法案的部分条款。该法案允许这个孤星之州的警察逮捕涉嫌非法越境进入美国的移民。
此前，联邦上诉法院于上周撤销了下级法院的裁决，该法案因此将于下周生效。下级法院自2024年起一直阻止该法案实施。在此次上诉裁决中，上诉法院撤销了此前阻止该法案的禁制令，认定原告没有起诉资格。
参议院第4号法案设立了非法入境的州级罪名，并授权州法官在定罪后命令某些个人离开美国。
长期以来，法院一直认为移民执法历来属于联邦政府的职责范围，但德克萨斯州共和党人在通过第4号法案时试图挑战这一先例。
德克萨斯州法案要求警长与移民海关执法局合作 获州众议院初步批准
民权组织提起新诉讼 叫停德克萨斯州允许警察逮捕非法移民的法案部分条款。（戴维·佩尼亚多/阿纳多卢通讯社 盖蒂图片社）
德克萨斯民权项目、美国公民自由联盟以及德克萨斯州美国公民自由联盟辩称，该法案违宪，指出移民法专属联邦政府管辖，联邦法律应优先于州级法律。
这些组织试图阻止第4号法案的四项条款：一是将非法再次入境定为犯罪，即便当事人之后已获得合法身份，比如绿卡；二是授予州法官签发驱逐令的权力；三是将不遵守法官驱逐令的行为定为犯罪；四是要求法官即使当事人有联邦层面的未决移民案件（比如庇护申请），也要继续推进诉讼程序。
“只要正义尚未得胜，我们与第4号法案的斗争就不会结束，”德克萨斯民权项目的律师凯特·吉布森·库马尔在一份声明中说道。“第4号法案不仅违宪，更是一项恶劣的法案，它动用德克萨斯州的资源来伤害全州各地的社区。德克萨斯民权项目将继续斗争，保护德克萨斯州的社区免受第4号法案的荼毒。”
美国公民自由联盟移民权利项目副主任科迪·沃夫西辩称，第4号法案“残忍且非法”，并补充说，该组织“将继续抗争，直到该法案被永久推翻”。
德克萨斯民权项目、美国公民自由联盟以及德克萨斯州美国公民自由联盟辩称，该法案违宪。（盖蒂图片社）
“所有审理过类似第4号法案案件的法院都认定此类法案违宪，”他说道。
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除非另有法院采取行动，否则该法案定于5月15日生效。
“第4号法案会将我们的警察和法官变成移民执法人员——威胁到在这里有家庭、已经在这里生活多年的邻居，甚至是那些拥有合法身份的人，”德克萨斯州美国公民自由联盟法律总监阿德里亚娜·皮尼翁说道。“移民执法专属联邦政府的管辖范围，从未有任何州拥有德克萨斯州此次试图行使的权力。我们将再次诉诸法庭，捍卫德克萨斯州的社区。”
特朗普政府司法部放弃拜登政府时期对德克萨斯州边境安全法案的质疑
长期以来，法院一直认为移民执法专属联邦政府的职责范围。（奇普·索莫德维拉/盖蒂图片社）
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周一提起的诉讼是对该德克萨斯州法案的最新法律挑战。该法案由州议员通过，正值拜登政府任期内美墨边境移民越境人数上升之际。
此前也曾有类似的倡导组织牵头提起过另一桩诉讼。拜登政府也曾在2024年试图叫停该法案，但特朗普政府去年终止了司法部在该诉讼中的参与，作为其大规模驱逐移民议程的一部分。
Civil rights groups file lawsuit seeking to block Texas law allowing cops to arrest illegal migrants
2026-05-04 22:06:33 EDT / Fox News
Senate Bill 4 is set to take effect on May 15 after a federal appeals court lifted an injunction last week
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A coalition of civil rights groups filed a new lawsuit on Monday seeking to halt parts of a Texas law that would allow police officers in the Lone Star State to arrest migrants suspected of crossing into the U.S. across the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
The law is set to take effect next week after a federal appeals court vacated a lower court ruling last week that had prevented its enforcement since 2024. In that ruling, he appeals court vacated an injunction that had blocked the law, finding that the plaintiffs did not have standing to sue.
Senate Bill 4 established a state-level crime for entering the country illegally and authorized state magistrates to order certain individuals to leave the country if they are convicted.
Courts have long maintained that immigration enforcement has historically been treated as the responsibility of the federal government, but Texas Republicans attempted to challenge that precedent when they approved S.B. 4.
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Civil rights groups filed a new lawsuit to halt parts of a Texas law that would allow police officers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing into the U.S. illegally.(David Peinado/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The Texas Civil Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Texas argued that the law is unconstitutional, noting that immigration law is exclusively the responsibility of the federal government and that federal law should preempt the state law.
The groups are attempting to block four provisions of S.B. 4 — the creation of a crime for re-entering the country illegally, even if a person has since obtained legal status such as a green card; granting state magistrates authority to issue deportation orders; the creation of a crime for failing to comply with a magistrate’s deportation orders; and the requirement that magistrates continue a prosecution even if a person has a pending immigration case under federal law, such as an asylum claim.
“Our fight against S.B. 4 isn’t over until justice wins,” Kate Gibson Kumar, an attorney at the Texas Civil Rights Project, said in a statement. “S.B. 4 is not only unconstitutional, but a vile law that uses our Texas resources to harm communities across our state. The Texas Civil Rights Project will keep fighting to protect Texas communities from the wrath of S.B. 4.”
Cody Wofsy, deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, argued that S.B. 4 is “cruel and illegal,” adding that the groups “will keep fighting it until it is permanently struck down.”
The Texas Civil Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Texas argued that the law is unconstitutional.(Getty Images)
“Every court to have reached the merits of laws like S.B. 4 has found them to be unconstitutional,” he said.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The law is scheduled to go into effect on May 15 unless another court takes action.
“S.B. 4 would transform our police and judges into immigration agents — threatening neighbors who have families here, who have lived here for years, even those who have legal status,” said Adriana Piñon, legal director at the ACLU of Texas. “Immigration enforcement is exclusively the federal government’s arena, and no state has ever claimed the power Texas threatens to wield here. We are taking this back to court to defend our Texas communities.”
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Courts have long maintained that immigration enforcement is the sole responsibility of the federal government.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Monday’s lawsuit is the latest legal challenge to the Texas law, which was passed by state lawmakers amid an uptick in migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Biden administration.
Another lawsuit had been led by some of the same advocacy groups that filed Monday’s challenge. The Biden administration also initially sought to halt the law in 2024 before the Trump administration terminated the Department of Justice’s involvement in the lawsuit last year as part of the president’s mass deportation agenda.