Posted on 12/28/2023 10:01:53 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Earlier on Thursday, I wrote about cabinet-level members of the Biden Administration meeting up with the president of Mexico to give in to that country's policy of aiding illegal immigrants to overwhelm our sovereign border without a whimper of complaint. Among the belated Christmas presents--which Secretaries Mayorkas and Blinken came bearing on bended knee--were as yet unspecified promises to make trade concessions, dole out monies across the hemisphere to fix the "root causes" of illegal immigration, and "regularizing the situation of long-term undocumented Hispanic migrants and DACA recipients."
As my colleague Ward Clark correctly guessed, when he wrote on Dec. 18 about Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signing SB 4 into law, legal challenges weren't far behind. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit against the Lone Star state just over a week ago, in hopes of blocking the law from taking effect in March.
It's in this context that many readers will be unsurprised by the move the Biden Justice Department has now threatened against a U.S. state:
The Justice Department said it would file a lawsuit against SB4 if Texas did not assure federal officials by Jan. 3 that the state would refrain from enforcing the law as planned in March, according to a letter sent to Gov. Greg Abbott on Dec. 28 and obtained by CBS News. In addition to creating illegal entry crimes at the state level, the law would allow Texas judges to issue de facto deportation orders.
In its letter, the Justice Department said SB4 would effectively criminalize actions that are already illegal at the federal level, undermine relations with Mexico and prevent officials from enforcing federal immigration laws, including those designed to grant refuge to migrants fleeing persecution.
In the letter addressed to Abbott, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton said:.
Because SB 4 is unconstitutional and will disrupt the federal government's operations, we request that Texas forbear in its enforcement.
If Texas does not heed the Biden administration's demand, "the United States intends to file suit to enjoin the enforcement of SB 4.
Here's one of the provisions that would really make life hard for Biden and the Democrats, who want the deluge of illegals to continue:
SB4 would also allow Texas magistrates to order migrants suspected of violating the illegal entry or reentry laws to return to Mexico as an alternative to continuing their prosecution. Those found to violate those orders could be charged with a second-degree felony.
The Mexican government has already said it would not accept returns of migrants from Texas state officials, denouncing SB4 as an 'anti-immigrant' law."
Abbott reacted on social media to the DOJ's threatening letter, writing that he's baffled by the level of "hostility" the Administration has shown to his state trying to "enforc[e] laws against illegal immigration" and restoring "the rule of law":
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.
I’ve never seen such hostility to the rule of law in America.
Biden is destroying America.
Texas is trying to save it.
Then in a great example of a picture being worth a thousand words, he dropped this image:
This shows the Texas National Guard deployed along the border.
@TexasTribune pic.twitter.com/apn91YGT7x— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) December 28, 2023
This truly is Bizarro World, readers. If the federal government would do its job, Texas wouldn't be forced to pass a state law to defend Americans' lives and secure the border in the first place. We'll keep you posted after the first of the year on this crucial story involving our national security.
Congress has the power of naturalization. It has no power under the Constitution to force a state to accept non-citizens except on necessary and proper military service under federal law.
It is my understanding of the Constitution that Texas does not have to allow non-citizens civilians into the state or to remain in the state, even if they were sure to be killed if they were to be in Mexico for a mere one second more.
If Congress wants Señor Conquistador to be able to live and work in Texas, it can make him a citizen.
If Congress wants Señora Refugee to be able to live and work in Texas, it can make her a citizen.
Texas has the constitutional right to ask the US government to remove all invaders and have the US government do so in a prompt and efficient manner. US ratification of a treaty such as the Convention on Refugees that would infringe on that right is unconstitutional.
Isn’t that crazy? I feel like I’m reading a poorly written Comic Book. The stories, they are not plausible!
Malfeasance is a prosecutable crime for a police officer or agency head.
Paxton needs to get grand jury indictments of both Garland and Mayorkas on state charges.
Fani Willis has set the precedent hat federal officials can be charged for actions involving a state. So do.
Let any court try to enforce a law prohibiting a state from defending it’s borders.
Good luck.
F’ing tyrants in black robes!
Do it Pedo Joe.
Fedgov isn’t doing its job. It falls back onto the states and people. The state has to protect its people when fedgov refuses to do its job.
States are sovereign entities. Fedgov derives power from the states. If fedgov refuses its job using those derived powers the state will take that power back and do the job protecting its citizens.
The state has its own armed forces in the guard units and militias. They certainly can do and use them in emergencies.
The Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, like Mexico are using migrants as weapons.
This is most unfortunate, but Western democracy must not be undermined by the misuse of illegal pawns.
I think Texas is able to stand up to the Federal Government. But they're afraid to.
The Biden regime has been its own part 4 in real life.
No matter by what manner, putting persons on an illegal path to cast improper ballots leading to electoral victory and the voiding of valid democracy is wrong, reprehensible and dangerous.
“regularizing”
Who talks like that?
Well isn't that just peachy. Guess Mexico is going to build a wall.
Shut down all traffic coming from or going to Mexico; no products allowed across the border, which includes products made by US companies in Mexico. 100% tax on all money sent to Mexican addresses. Their government needs to fear us again.
Where the F is the gop?? Pass a bill that stops this, do something!! Troops to the border, this is life or death!!
bttt
FOAD, Feds. At least my state has the cojones to do what protects its citizens.
Shoot the coyotes.
Texas needs to play by the New Rules put forth by various confederate prosecutors and INDICT Every Person in the Executive Branch, Arrest, Prosecute and Jail them all.
Agreed.
The constitution is clear on this matter.
Texas cannot write or enforce its own immigration laws.
Having said that, they CAN enforce current existing immigration laws, the ones that the fed refuses to enforce.
They can arrest and imprison those that are so called undocumented.
I don’t believe they have to power to send them back, but they do have to power to send them elsewhere.
The money that they are spending on feeding and housing them can be turned into a lot of bologna sandwiches and school busses.
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