Texas Immigration Spat Puts Spotlight on Fifth Circuit Stays

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has turned to administrative stays to let a handful of Texas laws go into effect while they’re still being litigated, a move that some legal experts say could lead to future chaos if those measures are later overturned.

The New Orleans-based appeals court faced criticism for such a maneuver in its handling of a Texas law that would allow local and state officials to arrest suspected undocumented migrants.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let the law go into effect, but Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a concurrence said the Fifth ...