DOJ sues Texas over border policy

  • The Department of Justice is challenging Senate Bill 4 which creates state-level penalties for illegally enter the U.S. through the Texas-Mexico border. Gov. Gregg Abbott signed the bill in December and is set to go into effect in March.
    The Department of Justice is challenging Senate Bill 4 which creates state-level penalties for illegally enter the U.S. through the Texas-Mexico border. Gov. Gregg Abbott signed the bill in December and is set to go into effect in March.
    In a lawsuit filed last Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice is accusing Texas of usurping the federal government’s authority over immigration with an “unconstitutional” law set to go in effect in March. The law, Senate Bill 4, creates state-level penalties for illegally entering the U.S. through the Texas-Mexico border. File in the U.S. District Court for the Wes...

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