The Supreme Court has just extended their block on the Texas law the Abbott signed in December that allows the state to arrest illegals caught crossing the border. The extension came from Justice Samuel Alito.

Here’s the news via Newsmax:

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday extended a temporary pause on a Republican-backed Texas law allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

Alito’s action gives the justices more time to weigh a request by President Joe Biden’s administration to freeze a judicial order allowing the Texas law to take effect while its challenge proceeds in the lower courts. The administration has said the Texas measure violates the U.S. Constitution and federal law by interfering with the U.S. government’s power to regulate immigration.

Alito handles certain emergency matters involving cases from a group of states including Texas. His order did not specify a deadline. He or the full Supreme Court could take further action at any time.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott last December signed the law, authorizing state law enforcement to arrest people suspected of entering the United States illegally, giving local officers powers long delegated to the U.S. government.

The Justice Department sued in January to block the measure, which was originally set to take effect on March 5.

There are some people freaking out about this but I don’t think this is a permanent injunction against the law. I think it’s just giving the high court more time, as it suggests above, to consider the request for an injunction.

We’ll see what happens when they make a final decision on Biden’s request.