Since President Joe Biden was inaugurated in January 2021, Texas has led the fight in challenging his administration’s efforts on immigration. Story by TexasTribune.
Texas and Louisiana sued the Biden administration in April 2021 for changing immigration enforcement priorities after U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, seen in San Antonio in July, issued a memorandum instructing immigration agents to target undocumented immigrants who are convicted of felonies or pose a risk to public safety.The U.S.
Chief Justice John Roberts said that if Congress has already approved a law that says the federal government shall deport any immigrant that has been convicted of a crime and is ordered deported, the court’s job is to affirm that interpretation. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.
In Tuesday’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court, the states argued that the federal government is selectively enforcing immigration law and that because some undocumented immigrants are not being deported, the states are incurring costs for incarceration, education and health care. Elizabeth B. Prelogar, solicitor general with the Department of Justice, argued that the federal government didn’t stop enforcing immigration law but instead is using its resources efficiently.
Justice Elena Kagan said Texas had strategically filed its case in a court in which the judge has previously ruled in the state’s favor.
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