(Sixteen) States battle Biden administration in court for failing to deport criminal illegal aliens

Just The News ^ | 03 SEP 2021 | Bethany Blankley

[E. Pluribus Unum]

With the federal government declining to enforce immigration laws passed by Congress and illegal immigrants swarming across the southern border in record numbers, attorneys general from 16 states have formed a coalition in support of a lawsuit brought by Texas and Louisiana against the Biden administration for not deporting criminal illegal aliens.

After the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled in favor of Texas and Louisiana, the Biden administration appealed to the Fifth Circuit, and it requested that the U.S. Supreme Court stay the lower court's ruling, which the high court denied.

The case is pending before the Fifth Circuit, prompting the attorneys general to file an amicus brief. They argue their states "continue to suffer ongoing irreparable harm caused" by the federal government's "unlawful actions," according to the brief.

In January, the Department of Homeland Security issued guidance revising deportation policies and reducing enforcement priorities. In February, another directive issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement prioritized deportation only for those who pose a national security threat. ICE agents were no longer to deport those convicted for "drug-based crimes (less serious offenses), simple assault, DUI, money laundering, property crimes, fraud, tax crimes, solicitation, or charges without convictions," acting ICE Director Tae Johnson instructed senior officials in an email in early February, according to the Washington Post.

The changes were expected to reduce deportations by 80%, according to Law Enforcement Today. In 2020, ICE officers arrested 93,000 individuals, with more than 374,000 criminal convictions or pending charges on their records. A Washington Post analysis drawing on ICE statistics suggested that only 10-20% of those arrested "appear to be the kind of aggravated felony convictions that would make them a priority under Biden's rules."

[Vaquero]

Yeah. Relying on lawyers to fix the problem. Yeah that’ll work/s

[OpusatFR]

If the Biden Admin and others in it deem it appropriate to override the SCOTUS Texas abortion decision, why on earth are we all pretending that the rule of law still matters in this country?

It doesn’t.

States need to do their own thing. Sure, this means we are not a union, but when did it fall?

[ronnie raygun]

I can see no other way out of this mess but I dare say a CONSERVATIVE DICTATORSHIP with a hangin judge by his side for about5 years. Crazier things have been said

[jcon40]

Thanks for the post.

Emailing this to my liberal acquaintances to see if they agree with the Biden Admin on this and if so why.

[Sparticus]

The 5th is better than 2 to 1 Republican appointed. Hopefully they rule quickly (in the right way).

[Celtic Conservative]

And that’s when we enter our “imperial phase”. Be careful what you wish for, because after Augustus came Caligula and Nero.

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[Leep]

Regions like the south about a dozen states or, the mid West..also about a dozen states.
Should state their own declaration of independence.. and say so long to the US.
Or, even better the south and the mid West could join together?

[Semper Vigilantis]

Yeah, Gov Abbott would have more luck if he'd just deposit all those fence funds into Obama's bank account.
Seriously, we all know who the 'man' behind the curtain is here. He said he would do a 3rd term from the shadows if possible.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

This won’t work because it requires a “writ of mandamus” against the POTUS, and that hasn’t worked since Marbury v. Madison (1803). In essence, it now means the courts cannot make the POTUS *act*, but they can make him *refrain from acting*.

But, in a snub to Biden, the SCOTUS is saying to him that he will only win at their level, because all the lower courts see his wilful neglect of duty. Thus this will legally tarnish him.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Sure, this means we are not a union, but when did it fall?

 

Years ago. Don't get me to lying as to the month and the year when it began, can't really pin that down myself. It broke up when various jurisdictions seceded by no longer observing and upholding the rule of codified law, particularly when it came to matters of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.