The Justice Department threatened to sue Texas if the state enforces a new law empowering local officials to arrest migrants who enter illegally, according to The Houston Chronicle.
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton told Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that the law is unconstitutional because the federal government is responsible for controlling international borders, according to the letter obtained by Hearst Newspapers. The Justice Department will “pursue all appropriate legal remedies” if Abbott declines to halt enforcement of the law by Jan. 3, the Chronicle reported.
Abbott signed the bill into law, along with other border security legislation, on Dec. 18.
“President Biden has repeatedly refused to enforce federal immigration laws already on the books and do his job to secure the border,” Abbott previously told the Daily…
