Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, said the order is intended to protect Texans from the spread of Covid-19.
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department sued Texas and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in federal court late Friday over the state's effort to restrict travel of undocumented immigrants."would severely disrupt federal immigration operations" in Texas and is invalid because states cannot take action to preempt enforcement of federal law, the lawsuit said.
Late Friday, the governor released a statement blaming the Biden administration's immigration policies for what he has repeatedly called a crisis in his state. Because CBP stations are designed to hold people only for a short amount of time, they must be transferred. In the Rio Grande Valley sector alone, CBP used contractors to move nearly 120,000 people since last October, the suit said.Contractors also transfer unaccompanied children from Homeland Security facilities to the custody of resettlement authorities.
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