Illinois law enforcement officers cannot arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the northern state in protest of a congressional redistricting map, a state judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling,

The judge says he doesn't have the power to decide whether the Democrats were violating civil warrants issued by the Texas House.

A Texas judge temporarily barred O'Rourke's group last week from raising or spending funds to aid Democrats who fled the state on redistricting.

Texas Democrats have now been in Chicagoland for over a week to block a vote on new congressional maps. Indiana Democrats, including lawmakers from Northwest Indiana, came across the border on Wednesday to support them.

Democratic lawmakers from Texas say they’re considering their options amid a report they could return to the state as soon as this weekend, a move that may end a standoff in which more than 50 state representatives left in a bid to block controversial new congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump.