5th Circuit Court of Appeals takes up controversial Texas immigration law

Listen to the arguments live at 9 a.m.

FILE - Migrants wait to be processed by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol after they crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico, Oct. 19, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) (Eric Gay, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

SAN ANTONIO(Update: The livestream is over. Please check back for more livestreams on KSAT.com).

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on Wednesday morning in the case of SB 4, the controversial immigration law that would allow state police to arrest migrants.

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The oral arguments will be livestreamed in this article at 9 a.m. Listen live in the video player above. Delays are possible; if there is not a livestream available, check back at a later time.

The enforcement remains on hold after a whirl of legal action in March that included the Supreme Court allowing it to take effect while sending it back to an appellate court for further review.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has put the law known as Senate Bill 4 back on hold.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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