Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce abbotts immigration law

[Beachnutt]

Will this be the straw that breaks the rethugs back ?
Texas has more hispanic folks than any other nationality, will Tx go blue now ?
Will AG paxton file suit on law enforcement that refuse to enforce this law ?
Will abbott put a bounty on immigrants ?
Will companies who employ immigrant folks be raided ?
Will homeowners stop using folks for cheap labor , lawn care, house cleaning, painting etc.. ?

[Joinfortmill]

1. Vote. Cause we gotta expand SCOTUS.

[Elessar Zappa]

2. This was a terrible decision by the Court.

I’m not surprised but still.

[B.See]

27. The Illegitimate MAGA SCOTUS Does It Again

To no surprise. Funny how states can't decide to keep an insurrectionist rapist off the ballot, but when it comes to states like Texas overriding FEDERAL immigration law, as well as ignoring a previous SCOTUS edict, well, that's DIFFERENT.

Hypocritical bastards.

Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce immigration law The Biden administration sued to block the law, saying it tramples on the federal government’s exclusive authority to oversee immigration issues.

[ColinC]

3. I don't know if this will make Texas blue but

It creates a really strong foil for republicans who think they can beat Biden on this issue. Not only did they kill the bill that would find a solution for it, the Supreme Court has seemingly taken responsibility for it entirely from the federal government.

The responsibility for the immigration issue centering on the Texas/Mexican border now belongs to Texas. Their government can now be blamed for any further outcry concerning the issue there.In a weird way this might be a huge win for Biden (although a pretty huge loss for basic morality and human dignity in general).

[Polybius]

4. It won't because most Texans seem to agree with it

Maybe I've only met random ones, but every one of them saw the border as a problem.

[ColinC]

20. One hand you're right, on the other

I think this will effect a lot of the most independent and undecided voters outside of Texas who will see that Biden isn’t going be able to be generally blamed for whatever border crisis exists in November.

[LeftInTX]

5. It won't.. Republicans will love it. Democrats tend to be somewhat neutral on immigration.

Now Abbott will go hog-wild....

Progressives tend to be pro-immigrant rights, but they are not the majority of Democrats.

[ColinC]

21. I just think this can be a game changer for the general election outside of Texas

But also it could be the straw that breaks the camels back in turning Texas blue. I say this because if it is trending blue, the immigration issue could be the one thing keeping it red. Now that it is effectively outside of the federal governments hands, republicans there can no longer credibly blame the immigration crisis that immediately effects Texas

[LeftInTX]

23. Texas is not trending blue. Border Patrol will still be working in Texas. CBP will still man ports.

ICE will still be there handing many cases.

It just gives them permission to arrest and whatever. But Abbott won't turn the entire border operation over to the NG or police. All it's gonna do is ramp up Abbott's razor wire operation and enhance his "trespassing arrests".

I read somewhere if they need to be deported, they will be turned over to the feds.

[ColinC]

25. I'm going to make a bold prediction

Texas will go for Biden in 2024

[Lonestarblue]

6. I can't speak for other cities, but undocumented workers are a large part of the Austin economy.

Arresting and deporting all of them would seriously damage economic growth because they work in the construction trades as well as road maintenance and landscaping services. I suspect a large majority of the house cleaners are also undocumented.

How does this decision not violate the federal government’s control of the borders?

[LeftInTX]

7. Obviously, the Supreme Court favors militias.

[Beachnutt]

8. I KNOW that undocumented folks

clean At&t stadium after every event.
Many Undocumented folks helped build the new Arlington Convention Center that just opened a cpl weeks ago.
I live close by and drive by there daily.

[Fla Dem]

9. Corrupt Supreme Court. When Biden wins and we win the Senate, the DEMS MUST

make some major changes to the Supreme Court.

-Term Limits 30 Years or 70 years old, whichever comes first. Effective immediately.

-Increase the number of Supreme Court Justices to the number of Federal Appeal courts. There are currently 13 Federal Appeal courts.

-Only 9 Justices may hear a case and the Justices are on a rotating schedule.

-Create a requirement that no spouse, partner, child, family member of a Supreme Court Justice may bring a case to the Supreme Court or be involve in any entity that brings a case to the Supreme Court.

-If any Justice is suspected of being influenced by outside factors while deciding a case, a vote must be taken by all the Justices as whether or not the suspected Justice stays on the case.

These simple rules would drastically improve the perceptions of our now corrupt Supreme Court.

[ITAL]

10. I think term limits would need a Constitutional Amendment

Everything else may be possible short of one, but to put any sort of limit on their time in office would need an Amendment, and that won't happen.

[Fla Dem]

11. Yes you are correct. Having said that there are moves underway evidently to change the lifetime appointment.

OCTOBER 19, 2023
Padilla Introduces New Supreme Court Term Limits Bill

https://www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/padilla-introduces-new-supreme-court-term-limits-bill/#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20is%20one,limits%20for%20Supreme%20Court%20justices.

Rep. Johnson Re-Introduces Supreme Court Justice Term Limit Measure to Restore Balance, Legitimacy for SCOTUS
September 19, 2023
https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-johnson-re-introduces-supreme-court-justice-term-limit-measure

Now whether that will ever happen is another story.
Another alternative is to not appoint until a Justice reaches 65 years old.

[Lonestarblue]

16. I wonder if Congress could pass a law defining what "with good behavior" means.

I think the Constitution’s writers assumed that judges would have ethics and morals and thus good behavior was enough. We’ve seen everything but good behavior from the MAGAs on this Court. Any such law would also need to lay out the punishment for violation of the rules. It’s not as good as an amendment to remove the lifetime appointment but it could at least put some teeth into ethics rules.

[Emile]

12. It's always been the responsibility of the Federal Government. Corrupt

Supreme Court.

[Emile]

13. So when do we pull our border guards out and stop funding

the Texas border?

[Beachnutt]

15. Absolutely, when ?

Save taxpayer money and move the Border patrol elsewhere.

[LeftInTX]

24. Good idea..LOL

[Johnny2X2X]

14. Basically a warrant to arrest people based on skin color and language

Sickening. This is so anti-American.

[Lonestarblue]

19. Considering that Hispanics are the majority minority in Texas, ths law seems risky even for Republicans.

Texas has not been a white majority state for many years, and this law rusks alienating the Hispanic voters they gave been trying to woo. Hispanics who are citizens are already targeted by law enforcement in many areas. This law is an open invitation for the violation of even more people’s rights as they will need to carry papers to prove they are citizens. White people rarely, if ever, have to prove citizenship unless they are applying for an official document like a passport. But in Texas now just walking on a street, having brown skin, and speaking Spanish may be cause for arrest.

[moonshinegnomie]

17. cut off al federal money to texas

they seem to have enough to throw money away on this they dont need federal help

for example teh massive fires in the panhandle??? no federal aid

[Ping Tung]

18. History repeats. Does anyone remember the Chinese Exclusion Act?

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/chinese-exclusion-act
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

The Chinese Exclusion Act was approved on May 6, 1882. It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States.

In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States. For the first time, federal law proscribed entry of an ethnic working group on the premise that it endangered the good order of certain localities.

The Chinese Exclusion Act required the few non-laborers who sought entry to the United States (such as diplomatic officers) to obtain certification from the Chinese government that they were qualified to immigrate. But this group found it increasingly difficult to prove their status because the 1882 act defined laborers as "skilled and unskilled...and Chinese employed in mining." Thus very few Chinese could enter the country under the 1882 law.

The 1882 exclusion act also placed new requirements on Chinese who had already entered the country. If they left the United States, they had to obtain certifications to re-enter. Congress, moreover, refused state and federal courts the right to grant citizenship to Chinese resident aliens, although these courts could still deport them.

[2naSalit]

22. All the more reason...

For me to never go there again. I used to kind of like texas back in the last century.

[Emile]

26. Immigration has always been enforced by the federal

government. This corrupt Supreme Court has given this enforcement to the state of Texas. Time for Biden to remove all funds and move the border guards to neighboring states.