Texas may be ready for a legal confrontation with the Biden administration over immigration policy, as the state attorney general said he would urge GOP Governor Greg Abbott to send immigrants to Washington – in violation of federal laws. Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has acknowledged a 2012 Arizona Supreme Court v. United States case that barred states from pursuing their own immigration policies and posed a “problem” for Texas’s efforts. However, he wants Texas to move immigrants to Biden’s doorstep and suggested that the Supreme Court, now with a solid 6-3 conservative majority, could take a fresh look at the issue. PSAKI DISMISSED THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS. ABBOTT PLANS TO TRANSPORT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO US CAPITOLIS AS “PUBLIC” “I think this was a wrong decision,” Paxton told Fox and Friends about the Arizona affair. “So I urge the governor to force people to leave our state and get the federal government to sue us. [and] take it back to the US Supreme Court. “ In an interview with Fox News Digital Saturday, Paxton said he did not dare the Biden government to sue Texas, rather: “I dare them to follow federal law. But if they do not do it, why not the governor can protect his state? Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a press conference outside the Statehouse, marking the passage six months ago of a state law banning most abortions in Austin, Texas on February 28, 2022 (Fox News) The legal storm is surrounding Abbott’s announcement this week that he would send immigrants on charter buses and flights to Washington, DC, to bring the crisis to Biden’s doorstep. Republicans, as well as some Democrats, are protesting that the Biden government will cancel the May 23 public health emergency of Title 42, which was used to expel the majority of immigrants to the border because of the coronavirus pandemic. They have warned that it will cause an increase in migration – in addition to the already huge numbers that the Border Patrol encounters every day. TEXAS BEGINS SHIPPING BUSES AT THE BORDER TO TRANSPORT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO DC The White House rejected Abbott’s announcement as an “advertising ploy” as it has no legal authority. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki speaks during a White House press conference on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo / Patrick Semansky) “I think it’s quite clear that this is a publicity stunt,” Psaki told Fox News’ Peter Dussi at the White House Press Room on Thursday. “I know the governor of Texas, or any state, does not have the legal authority to force anyone on a bus.” Psaki continued, “His own office admits that an immigrant should be relocated voluntarily and can not force him because, again, the enforcement of immigration laws in our country belongs to the federal government and not to a state.” Undaunted, Texas already sends buses to southern border cities to retrieve border crossings and send them to the US Capitol. The Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM) said Friday it had sent an unspecified number of buses to small Texas communities flooded by an influx of immigrants stationed there by the federal government, according to officials. Paxton said he believes preparations are being made, but the actual transfer to Washington, DC, will not take place until next month to coincide with the repeal of Title 42, but has postponed questions about the timetable to the governor. Abbott’s office referred the bus to TDEM, which said Paxton’s remarks were “incorrect” and that “the operation is currently ongoing”. Seth Christensen, head of media and communications for TDEM, quoted Fox News Digital in a statement Friday, which also noted that communities that initially sought support “have now said that the federal government has stopped sending migrants to their cities.” following the Governor’s announcement on Wednesday. “ DEM REP. CUELLAR PARTICIPATES IN TWO-PARTY EFFORT TO BLOCK OVER THE OVERTURN OF BIDEN TITLE 42, OPPOSES IMMIGRANT BUS IN DC Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety told Fox News that the shuttle to Washington, DC, will be at the request of local communities in need of relief. “The governor’s plan is to have these mayors or county judges – when they feel overwhelmed or depleted of resources – contact the Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM), which handles this situation, and will provide this transfer from Texas to Washington “ “A straight shot from Texas to Washington, DC,” Olivarez told Neil Cavuto’s Fox News on Saturday. “So it will be very effective.” June 10, 2021: A couple of families of immigrants from Brazil go through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., To seek asylum. ((AP Photo / Eugene Garcia, Archive)) In the case of Arizona v. as they allow the state police to arrest people with a possible cause of deportation. The court found that such immigration matters are left solely to the federal government. CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION “If you are not going to let us deport these people – if we do not have the power to do so, and we are in the middle of a legal dispute over it right now to see if we can do it – then why not send them to his doorstep “Joe Biden and let him take care of the problem after he creates it,” Paxton said. Adam Shaw, Kyle Morris and Andrew Mark Miller of Fox News contributed to this report.
