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- A federal appeals court again blocked Texas from arresting and deporting people accused of being an undocumented immigrant within hours after the US Supreme Court lifted its block of the Texas law.
- Canada’s Foreign Minister said her government would not approve new weapons export permits to Israel until the government could ensure the weapons were used in accordance with Canadian law.
- Former President Donald Trump suggested he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy.
- Congress moved to fast-track spending bill, avoid government shutdown.
- California lawmakers, tribal leaders, academics, and law enforcement officials held a roundtable discussion today to discuss a half-century-old law that they argue is still having negative impacts on the criminal justice outcomes of some Native American communities.
Migrants are taken into custody by officials at the Texas-Mexico border, Jan. 3, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally, while a legal battle over immigration authority plays out. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)