Trump Admin Drops Lawsuit Against Texas Law Which Criminalizes Illegally Crossing The Border

Yet another Biden era thing that’s going away….unless one of the moonbat judges want to try and tell the DOJ they must challenge the law

Trump administration drops challenge to Texas law targeting people who illegally cross the border

The Trump administration late Tuesday moved to drop the federal government’s legal challenge to the Texas immigration law that allows local police to arrest people they suspect crossed the Texas-Mexico border illegally.

The law, known as Senate Bill 4, will continue to be challenged by El Paso County

Two immigrant rights groups — Austin-based American Gateways and El Paso-based Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center — who are represented by Texas Civil Rights Project lawyers.

In a court filing, the U.S. Department of Justice told U.S. District Judge David Ezra that it is voluntarily dropping its legal challenge.

The Texas Legislature approved the law in 2023, then the Biden administration filed a lawsuit against it. Ezra had blocked the law from going into effect, but Texas appealed. The appeals court sent the case back to Ezra’s court, where it remains pending.

Unfortunately, it still means that the law is on hold

The law would make it a state crime to cross the Texas-Mexico border between ports of entry. If a police officer believes they have evidence that a person illegally crossed the Rio Grande, that person could be charged with a Class B misdemeanor, which carries a punishment of up to six months in jail. For subsequent offenses, the person could be charged with a second-degree felony and face up to 20 years in prison.

If the migrant is convicted and has served their sentence, a judge must order police to transport them to a port of entry for removal from the country. A judge could drop the charges if a migrant agrees to return to Mexico, and police could turn over migrant families to Border Patrol agents to avoid separating children from their parents instead of arresting them.

Fortunately, President Trump has been sending tons of help to the border states, including Texas, to pick up all those illegals. And, if a local, county, or state law enforcement officer catches one they can just hand of to Los Federales.

Meanwhile

TN lawmakers introduce bill to criminalize those harboring illegal immigrants

Tennessee lawmakers are working to make it a crime to harbor or hide a person who illegally enters and remains in the United States.

Introduced by Representative Chris Todd (R-Madison County) and Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis), HB0322 has recently been recommended for passage in the House and has had multiple sponsors added throughout March.

The bill would allow the attorney general to charge people or an organization with a human trafficking offense or an aggravated human trafficking offense if they harbor or hide an illegal immigrant in Tennessee.

And we all know that the minute it is passed the Usual Suspects will sue.

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