U.S. attorney general tells Texas to rescind immigrant COVID-19 order

Reuters ^ | July 29, 2021 | Sarah N. Lynch

[libstripper]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday warned Texas Governor Greg Abbott to "immediately rescind" a new executive order aimed at curbing the travel into the state of undocumented immigrants who may pose a risk of transmitting COVID-19.

"The order violates federal law in numerous respects, and Texas cannot lawfully enforce the executive order against any federal official or private parties working with the United States," Garland told Abbott in a letter.

He added that if Texas continues to implement the ground restrictions on migrants, then the Justice Department will "pursue all appropriate legal remedies."

[romanesq]

Texas to the Department of Just Us:

“Bring it!”

I’d like to wager all of it Alex on Texas.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Ok, when a Democrat is in office, immigration is in the purview of the Federal government.

When a Republican is in office, it is a state matter.

[precisionshootist]

A fraud perpetrated by Fox and (not your) friends with their blaring silence on obvious election fraud. But not silent until AFTER they called Arizona for Biden while people were still waiting in line to vote AND the polls still open. They were loud and clear then. They had to act fast. Trump was going to run the table, they were desperate. Fox and (not your) friends are as complicit in the fraud and by extension the betrayal of a President, you and the country as any low life they pretend to dislike.“

Yet people are still watching. Never again for me and family. Foxnews betrayed America, never forget.

[PhillyPhreeper]

Garland said the order .... will also interfere with the implementation of federal immigration law.

That's funny

[TLI]

“”Send in troops... well, that would be a whole nother thing right there.””

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It sure would be.

We would have US troops on the Texas southern border preventing Texas authorities from preventing invading illegal aliens crossing the border.

US troops forcing the State of Texas to allow an invasion of foreign forces.

Not sure what Abbott would do at that point but you can bet any Federal LEO (or pretty much anything else) in Texas would be wanting to know W.T.H. the biden “administration” is thinking.

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[Bloodandgravy]

The race card gives many privileges.

[Gay State Conservative]

Agree 100%. It might help in ‘22...and ‘24. Of course it won’t cause Harris/Biden to serve the country...but that shouldn’t surprise anyone.

[Gay State Conservative]

That might be a bit messy. Anyway it would probably be quite popular to most Texans my hunch is that most “independents” wouldn't like it at all.

[UnwashedPeasant]

"Attorney General Merrick Garland"

This radical activist almost replaced Scalia on the Supreme Court.

[Jonny7797]

Other than deporting to Mexico, that is the best thing states can do. I suspect after 50,000 of them are sitting around DC looking for handouts, something might give.

[BiteYourSelf]

Tell the feds to pizz off.

[BiteYourSelf]

This.🤔

[peter the great]

How about seceding from the United States? How much more of this can they take?

[BiteYourSelf]

You have to ask?
The answer is no!

[eyedigress]

Be about time the Volunteers live up to the name again.

[BiteYourSelf]

Neither is BiteMe!

[Mathews]

I once heard that Texas has it written onto their Constitution that they can split the state into four new states. It was that or succession. I can’t remember. Any of you Texans know. Lord knows y’all love to talk about your state history.

[markman46]

hey Garland you for eyed jug eard homo, how about you get a lard can of STFU, try to enforce it

[mund1011]

Bret Baier is a toady to democrats. FUBB aka. Cruncher Block

[cockroach_magoo]

Secede.