AUSTIN, Texas — State officials celebrated a Supreme Court victory that will allow Texas to forge ahead with plans to allow nonfederal police to arrest and deport illegal immigrants.

“In a 6-3 decision SCOTUS allows Texas to begin enforcing SB4 that allows the arrest of illegal immigrants. We still have to have hearings in the 5th circuit federal court of appeals,” Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) wrote in a post to X on Tuesday afternoon. “But this is clearly a positive development.”