Blue Cowardice
2023-12-29 21:24:41 UTC
Shoot the fuckers the second they set foot in the state.
The Department of Justice is threatening to sue Texas if its governor,Greg Abbott (R.), enforces a new immigration law that allows for the
arrest and deportation of illegal immigrants, which was enacted last week.
The legislation in question, Senate Bill 4, aims to deter thousands of
illegal aliens from crossing the Mexico-Texas border into the U.S. by
officially making illegal immigration a state crime. The law would
function as a response to the Biden administrations inaction regarding
the crisis. Abbott wanted to give his state control over its own borders,
but the Justice Department sees the law as a direct challenge to the
federal government.
Over 242,000 illegal immigrants tried crossing the southern border in
November, according to the latest monthly numbers provided by U.S. Customs
and Border Protection. That number is expected to rise for the month of
December, which has seen over 250,000 migrant encounters at the southern
border since December 1, on track to surpass the previous record of nearly
270,000 encounters in September.
In a letter addressed to Abbott and Texas attorney general Ken Paxton (R.)
on Thursday, DOJ official Brian Boynton argued that the federal government
holds sole authority over immigration enforcement and Texas is encroaching
upon that responsibility.
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SB 4 is preempted and violates the United States Constitution.
Accordingly, the United States intends to file suit to enjoin the
enforcement of SB 4 unless Texas agrees to refrain from enforcing the
law, the letter states, giving Abbott and Paxton until January 3 to do
just that.
In response, an Abbott spokesperson said the governor anticipates taking
the legal dispute all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and does not
intend to comply with the DOJs threat.
Under the Courts 2012 Arizona v. U.S. decision, no states can implement
their own immigration laws or policies, which Boynton cites as further
basis for the legislations unconstitutionality.
S.B. 4 therefore intrudes into a field that is occupied by the federal
government and is pre-empted, the federal official wrote. Indeed, the
Supreme Court has confirmed that the removal process must be entrusted
to the discretion of the Federal Government because a decision on
removability touches on foreign relations and must be made with one
voice.'
SB 4 gives the state and local governments in Texas the authority to
arrest illegal aliens who cross its border from Mexico between officially
designated ports of entry. Under the bill, those who unlawfully cross can
be charged with a state misdemeanor and face up to one year in prison. A
felony charge, carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years, can be leveled if
illegal immigrants are charged with additional crimes or dont comply with
a judges orders.
The legislation also authorizes state judges to deport illegal aliens to
Mexico if they see fit, rather than pursue prosecution under federal law.
Last month, both the Texas senate and house passed the Republican-
sponsored bill that is now being challenged, which is set to take effect
on March 5.
The formal notification of the impending lawsuit comes more than a week
after the American Civil Liberties Union and two other progressive
activist organizations sued Texas for the same reasons.
Come January, the new law will further escalate tensions between Abbott
and the Biden administration. The Texas government has claimed that the
federal government isnt doing enough to curtail illegal immigration,
while the White House and Justice Department have also been actively
challenging the states sanctioned buoy barriers and razor wire along the
Rio Grande.
Under a smaller operation similar to the newly signed migrant-arrest law,
Texas has arrested over 10,000 illegal immigrants since the initiatives
start in July 2021. The new law will only further expand the states
authority to make such arrests.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/justice-department-to-sue-texas-if-
governor-enforces-new-border-law/