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EAGLE PASS, Texas—A humble city park on the Texas side of the Mexican border has taken the national stage in a showdown between Texas and the federal government.
Texas National Guard seized Shelby Park on Jan. 10 and placed a wire gate at the entrance, blocking U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering.
The 47-acre park, owned by the city of Eagle Pass, was being used as a staging area for Border Patrol agents under the direction of the Biden administration to process a massive wave of thousands of illegal immigrants crossing the Rio Grande in December.
Now, the drainage area inside the park, once teeming with illegal immigrants, is empty; the Rio Grande flows silently, mostly undisturbed by illegal crossings at the end of January on a rare rainy day in south Texas.
With illegal immigration taking front and center stage in the upcoming presidential race, Resident Biden understands that Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador needs “to keep a lid on the crisis” until after the November election.
“One of the things that they have asked the Biden administration to do is to crack down on Texas,” “The Mexican state and the cartels are not antagonists to one another.” Officials in Mexico have openly called for President Biden to stop Texas from interfering with the flow of illegal immigrants. The Biden administration did just that immediately after Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met with President Obrador in late December 2023. “It is not coincidental that literally 24 hours later, the Department of Justice announced this lawsuit against the enactment of SB 4 in Texas, which is the law that gives Texas the ability to arrest and deport,”
Mr. Paxton accused the federal government of shirking its responsibility to uphold Article IV of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees protection against invaders.
On the horizon is Texas Senate Bill 4, signed by Mr. Abbott in December 2023, and which has already been challenged by the Biden administration.
The law, which goes into effect in March, makes crossing illegally into Texas a state crime, giving all law enforcement in the state the power to arrest illegal immigrants on felony charges of unlawful entry from a foreign nation. It carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.
It also allows state judges to issue de facto deportation orders against violators of the law, though it’s unclear how Texas would enforce the provision.
The standoff pitting the state’s rights against federal pusback appears to be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. States’ Rights.
EAGLE PASS, Texas—A humble city park on the Texas side of the Mexican border has taken the national stage in a showdown between Texas and the federal government.
Texas National Guard seized Shelby Park on Jan. 10 and placed a wire gate at the entrance, blocking U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering.
The 47-acre park, owned by the city of Eagle Pass, was being used as a staging area for Border Patrol agents under the direction of the Biden administration to process a massive wave of thousands of illegal immigrants crossing the Rio Grande in December.
Now, the drainage area inside the park, once teeming with illegal immigrants, is empty; the Rio Grande flows silently, mostly undisturbed by illegal crossings at the end of January on a rare rainy day in south Texas.
With illegal immigration taking front and center stage in the upcoming presidential race, Resident Biden understands that Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador needs “to keep a lid on the crisis” until after the November election.
“One of the things that they have asked the Biden administration to do is to crack down on Texas,” “The Mexican state and the cartels are not antagonists to one another.” Officials in Mexico have openly called for President Biden to stop Texas from interfering with the flow of illegal immigrants. The Biden administration did just that immediately after Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met with President Obrador in late December 2023. “It is not coincidental that literally 24 hours later, the Department of Justice announced this lawsuit against the enactment of SB 4 in Texas, which is the law that gives Texas the ability to arrest and deport,”
Mr. Paxton accused the federal government of shirking its responsibility to uphold Article IV of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees protection against invaders.
On the horizon is Texas Senate Bill 4, signed by Mr. Abbott in December 2023, and which has already been challenged by the Biden administration.
The law, which goes into effect in March, makes crossing illegally into Texas a state crime, giving all law enforcement in the state the power to arrest illegal immigrants on felony charges of unlawful entry from a foreign nation. It carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.
It also allows state judges to issue de facto deportation orders against violators of the law, though it’s unclear how Texas would enforce the provision.
The standoff pitting the state’s rights against federal pusback appears to be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. States’ Rights.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/inside-the-brewing-federal-state-showdown-at-the-border-in-texas-5574105?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=telegram
EAGLE PASS, Texas—A humble city park on the Texas side of the Mexican border has taken the national stage in a showdown between Texas and the federal government.
Texas National Guard seized Shelby Park on Jan. 10 and placed a wire gate at the entrance, blocking U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering.
The 47-acre park, owned by the city of Eagle Pass, was being used as a staging area for Border Patrol agents under the direction of the Biden administration to process a massive wave of thousands of illegal immigrants crossing the Rio Grande in December.
Now, the drainage area inside the park, once teeming with illegal immigrants, is empty; the Rio Grande flows silently, mostly undisturbed by illegal crossings at the end of January on a rare rainy day in south Texas.
With illegal immigration taking front and center stage in the upcoming presidential race, Resident Biden understands that Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador needs “to keep a lid on the crisis” until after the November election.
“One of the things that they have asked the Biden administration to do is to crack down on Texas,” “The Mexican state and the cartels are not antagonists to one another.” Officials in Mexico have openly called for President Biden to stop Texas from interfering with the flow of illegal immigrants. The Biden administration did just that immediately after Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met with President Obrador in late December 2023. “It is not coincidental that literally 24 hours later, the Department of Justice announced this lawsuit against the enactment of SB 4 in Texas, which is the law that gives Texas the ability to arrest and deport,”
Mr. Paxton accused the federal government of shirking its responsibility to uphold Article IV of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees protection against invaders.
On the horizon is Texas Senate Bill 4, signed by Mr. Abbott in December 2023, and which has already been challenged by the Biden administration.
The law, which goes into effect in March, makes crossing illegally into Texas a state crime, giving all law enforcement in the state the power to arrest illegal immigrants on felony charges of unlawful entry from a foreign nation. It carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.
It also allows state judges to issue de facto deportation orders against violators of the law, though it’s unclear how Texas would enforce the provision.
The standoff pitting the state’s rights against federal pusback appears to be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. States’ Rights.
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