Texas Ignores Feds Objections and Starts doing what Biden and Mayorkas refuse to do - Stop the Border Invasion!
by Madeline Leesman, Townhall.com, January 20, 2024
Texas authorities have begun arresting illegal immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in Eagle Pass, according to multiple reports.
This week, Texas Department of Public Safety Spokesman Chris Olivarez shared on X that illegal immigrants would be arrested going forward.
Under the authority of Gov. @GregAbbott_TX’s Border Disaster Declaration, @TxDPS Troopers are arresting illegal immigrants for criminal trespass at #ShelbyPark in Eagle Pass. Troopers are enforcing criminal trespass on single adult men & women. The State of #Texas will maintain a… pic.twitter.com/EuRhYDNYLH
— Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) January 18, 2024
Late last month, Townhall covered how the Biden administration warned Texas that it will sue the state if it implemented the law.
A huge change in procedure in Eagle Pass. Texas is now immediately arresting migrants if they cross the razor wire in Shelby Park. For years, migrants could walk right in, be processed by Border Patrol and released. pic.twitter.com/Z70xsUDmuN
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) January 19, 2024
"Because SB 4 is unconstitutional and will disrupt the federal government's operations, we request that Texas forbear in its enforcement," Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton said in a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
If Texas did not heed the Biden administration's demand, "the United States intends to file suit to enjoin the enforcement of SB 4," Boynton warned.
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In response, Abbott stated that the Biden administration “refuses” to enforce immigration laws.
“The Biden Admin. not only refuses to enforce current U.S. immigration laws, they now want to stop Texas from enforcing laws against illegal immigration,” Abbott wrote. “I’ve never seen such hostility to the rule of law in America. Biden is destroying America. Texas is trying to save it.”
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