{"id":49472,"date":"2021-01-23T12:51:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T16:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=49472"},"modified":"2021-01-23T12:51:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T16:51:26","slug":"texas-ag-sues-biden-administration-over-deportation-freeze-for-unlawful-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=49472","title":{"rendered":"Texas AG Sues Biden Administration Over Deportation Freeze For Unlawful Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Friday that the state is\u00a0<strong>suing the Biden administration<\/strong>\u00a0for freezing the deportation of illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/afp_lm4np.jpg?itok=uaRzSK8c\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/afp_lm4np.jpg?itok=uaRzSK8c\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/afp_lm4np.jpg?itok=uaRzSK8c\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"404\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"b7a02460-3b60-43d1-854f-374333e9ac00\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a complaint and a motion asking for a temporary restraining order (TRO), Paxton wrote:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In one of its first of dozens of steps that harm Texas and the nation as a whole<strong>, the Biden administration directed DHS to violate federal immigration law and breach an agreement to consult and cooperate with Texas on that law<\/strong>. Our state defends the largest section of the southern border in the nation. Failure to properly enforce the law will directly and immediately endanger our citizens and law enforcement personnel,\u201d adding: \u201c<strong>DHS itself has previously acknowledged that such a freeze on deportations will cause concrete injuries to Texas.<\/strong>\u00a0I am confident that these unlawful and perilous actions cannot stand. The rule of law and security of our citizens must prevail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1352695180240027649&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Ftexas-ag-sues-biden-administration-over-deportation-freeze-illegals&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1352695180240027649\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>Earlier this week,\u00a0<strong>President Joe Biden said he wanted to \u201creset\u201d policies on who should be deported by rescinding an order from former President Donald Trump that broadened who officials could deport.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Paxton\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/admin\/2021\/Press\/Texas%20Notice%20to%20DHS%201.21.2021.pdf?utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_term=\" rel=\"nofollow\">sent a letter<\/a>\u00a0to Acting Department of Homeland Security David Pekoske, saying \u201cThis complete abdication of the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s obligation to enforce federal immigration law is unlawful and will seriously irreparably harm the State of Texas and its citizens.\u201d &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/2021\/01\/22\/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-biden-administration-deportation-freeze\/\">CBS DFW<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a Wednesday memo, Pekoske issued new guidance to officials directing them to refocus deportation efforts on convicted criminals who pose a national security threat. Illegals who entered the country on or after November 1, 2020 are also subject to deportation.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/texas-ag-sues-biden-administration-over-deportation-freeze-illegals\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/texas-ag-sues-biden-administration-over-deportation-freeze-illegals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}