Biden Administration Sues Texas For 'Unlawful' Crackdown On Transporting Migrants title

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Source: Huffington Post

The Justice Department sued the state of Texas on Friday over Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order restricting the transportation of migrants.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Texas, asks the court to declare the governor’s order invalid, saying it “causes injury” to people the federal government “is charged to protect, jeopardizing the health and safety” of migrants in federal custody.

Abbott’s executive order, issued Wednesday under the guise of concerns about COVID-19, prohibits anyone who isn’t a “federal, state, or local law-enforcement official” from transporting migrants released from federal custody. It also gives the state authority to stop and seize private vehicles suspected of carrying migrants.

The Biden administration’s lawsuit notes that the federal government often uses contractors who may not be law enforcement officials to transport migrants, including unaccompanied children, from Border Patrol to Health and Human Services facilities or to nonprofits where children stay until they can be reunified with family or other sponsors pending immigration proceedings.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/justice-department-sues-texas-transporting-migrants_n_610475e6e4b0d3b5897db306?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

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1. Here is a link to the lawsuit

http://krgv.s3.amazonaws.com/files/complaint_(filed_version).pdf

PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, the United States respectfully requests the following relief:
1. A declaratory judgment stating that the executive order violates the Supremacy
Clause and the doctrine of intergovernmental immunity, and therefore is invalid, null, and void;
2. Preliminary and permanent injunctions against the State of Texas, and its officers,
agents and employees, from enforcing the executive order;
3. The United States’ costs in this action; and
4. Any other relief the Court deems just and proper.

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2. Working direct link :)

http://krgv.s3.amazonaws.com/files/complaint_%28filed_version%29.pdf

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3. Judge just issued TRO enjoining Greggie's stupid policy

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