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Gov. Greg Abbott, of Texas, stepped up to protect the people of Texas from an uncontrolled flow of illegal aliens through the state of Texas. Many of these illegal aliens are positive for COVID-19. Biden’s Department of Justice is suing Texas over this Executive Order, claiming that Texas is getting in the way of federal immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n
Here is a part of the governor’s response to the Department of Justice:<\/span><\/p>\n The authority that you assert to protect noncitizens directly conflicts with my authority, and duty, to protect citizens of Texas and the United States. The constitutions and laws of the United States and of Texas empower me, as Governor, to protect the health and safety of Texans. See, e.g., U.S. Const. amend. X; Tex. Const. art. IV, \u00a7\u00a7 1, 10; Tex. Gov’t Code ch. 418. Your actions, combined with the actions and omissions of the Biden Administration, directly conflict with my authority as Governor; and, candidly, conflict with the duty and obligation imposed on the Biden Administration to apply and enforce the immigration laws passed by the United States Congress.<\/p>\n The Biden Administration is failing and refusing to enforce immigration laws by allowing migrants to unlawfully enter into the United States. No doubt, the Constitution authorizes the federal government, not states, to administer the immigration process. However, the Constitution does not allow the Biden Administration to fabricate its own immigration laws. See, e.g., United States v. Texas, 136 S. Ct. 2271 (2016) (per curiam); DHS v. Regents of Univ. of Cal., 140 S. Ct. 1891, 1921–26 (2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting). Instead, the Administration is limited to applying laws enacted by Congress.<\/p>\n Worse, the Biden Administration is knowingly admitting hundreds of thousands of unauthorized migrants, many of whom the federal government knows full well have COVID-19. To be clear, the Biden Administration is knowingly importing COVID-19 into Texas from across the border and knowingly exposing Texans and Americans to that disease. While the Biden Administration is openly pondering looming shutdowns and mandates on U.S. citizens to control the spread of COVID-19, at the same time the Administration is knowingly worsening the problem by importing COVID-19 at extreme rates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It appears that the governor of Texas is standing up not just for Texans, but also for Americans. He is doing more for the country than the folks trying to sue him for interfering with their immigration policies. You can read Gov. Greg Abbott’s letter to the Department of Justice here<\/a>, as well as a shorter response<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"