In an article published by Bloomberg Law, Partner Mark Fleming and Counsel Charles Bridge discuss litigation by the US government against Texas for the state’s enforcement of Senate Bill 4, which criminalizes certain immigration-related offenses.
Excerpt: “Statutes such as SB 4—which purports to forbid Texas judges from considering pending or impending federal applications for asylum or withholding of removal as a reason to abate state removal proceedings—would frustrate US efforts to meet its treaty obligations to protect noncitizens from removal to a country where they would face persecution.”
