Texas AG Sues Biden Administration Over Deportation Policy

 

AUSTIN, TX -- The Biden Administration has been in office for almost three days and it is already facing legal challenges.

Two days ago, DHS announced it would begin a 100-day pause on deportations for certain undocumented immigrants. The department also announced asylum seekers who attempt to enter the United States will no longer be required to wait in Mexico for American court hearings.

On Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter that warned the new policies would be harmful to Texas.

“In one of its first of dozens of steps that harm Texas and the nation as a whole, the Biden administration directed DHS to violate federal immigration law and breach an agreement to consult and cooperate with Texas on that law. Our state defends the largest section of the southern border in the nation. Failure to properly enforce the law will directly and immediately endanger our citizens and law enforcement personnel,” said Attorney General Paxton in a statement.

Paxton filed the temporary restraining order in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas to stop the freeze.  

"DHS itself has previously acknowledged that such a freeze on deportations will cause concrete injuries to Texas. I am confident that these unlawful and perilous actions cannot stand. The rule of law and security of our citizens must prevail," stated Paxton.

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CGM5, Fri, 01/22/2021 - 16:01

And so it begins! This is just a taste of what the democrats are wanting to happen. 

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