Federal judge in Texas throws out Biden administration immigration enforcement guidelines

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

(CNN) — A federal judge in Texas vacated guidelines set by the Biden administration over who is to be prioritized for immigration enforcement, according to a Friday ruling.

Last year, the Department of Homeland Security released guidelines that directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to arrest immigrants deemed public safety or national security risks and recent border crossers. Friday's ruling throws out those guidelines, marking the latest legal setback for the Biden administration on immigration.

The ruling takes effect in seven days.

Judge Drew Tipton of the Texas Southern District Court found that while the federal government has discretion, the guidelines bind officials in a "generalized, prospective manner."

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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
Updated 0022 GMT (0822 HKT) June 11, 2022


Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/10/politics/immigration-enforcement-guidelines-biden-thrown-out-federal-judge/index.html

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EDIT: Trump-appointed judge and Federalist Society member

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_B._Tipton

[Botany]

1. McConnell liked Trump because he appointed "his kind of judges" to the federal bench

Drew Tipton is a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He was nominated by President Donald Trump (R) on February 4, 2020, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 3, 2020, by a vote of 52-41.

"generalized, prospective manner." This is not the law but an excuse to deny Joe Biden from getting things done.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Appaently this ruling has to do with an additional "memo" by Mayorkas issued last year

That established "prioritization" of who to target.

Judge voids Biden administration restrictions on immigration arrests nd deportations

By Camilo Montoya-Galvez

Updated on: June 10, 2022 / 9:17 PM / CBS News

A federal judge in Texas on Friday granted a request by Republican-led states to throw out Biden administration rules that placed limits on whom federal immigration agents should seek to arrest and deport from the U.S., declaring the directive unlawful.

U.S. District Court Judge Drew Tipton said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas did not have the authority to issue a September 2021 memo (PDF) that directed immigration officials to focus on arresting immigrants deemed to threaten public safety or national security and migrants who recently crossed a U.S. border illegally.

Tipton, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, agreed to void Mayorkas' memo, which was challenged by Republican officials in Texas and Louisiana. But he paused his ruling for seven days to give the Biden administration time to appeal.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-voids-biden-administration-restrictions-on-immigration-arrests-and-deportations/

I expect it will be appealed since one of the justifications was lack of resources.

[cstanleytech]

4. "justifications was lack of resources" Aye, what's next? Judges deciding we don't have the resources

to deploy troops?

[BumRushDaShow]

5. The "justification" was not the judge's but the Biden Admin regarding why the prioritization memo

[oldsoftie]

3. Why would arresting safety risks not be allowed?

[thesquanderer]

6. It's always allowed. The question is whether, as a matter of policy...

... the detention of such people may be prioritized over the detention of others. Which also means, for example, whether it's okay to more easily release people who are not deemed to be a danger.

[oldsoftie]

7. Thank you.

[lildDemz]

8. Judge Tipton

was also wrong about the President pausing deportations, as his 2021 injunction barring deportation was reversed by a full appeals court in November. A goofy Federalist.

[Ford_Prefect]

9. Tipton is a tRump appointee from the Federalist Society list. A completely compromised

corporately beholden obstructionist aiming to limit federal authority by any means he can invent whenever and wherever possible.