Texas Supreme Court

A Cuban man has spent a year in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Texas, and his case is now being used to test the reach of a Supreme Court ruling on detention authority. The report examines how federal immigration authorities have held him long-term despite legal questions about the limits of that power. His situation highlights the ongoing tension between immigration enforcement practices and constitutional limits on prolonged detention.

The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Houston resident's divorce that was granted under Sharia law in Pakistan. The ruling means the divorce, previously recognised under Pakistani Islamic law, will not stand under Texas jurisdiction. The decision touches on ongoing debates in the United States about the recognition of foreign and religious law in family court matters, and its treatment of cross-border marital status.