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Texas threatens to sue Biden admin for ‘attempt to grant blanket amnesty’
“Border states like Texas pay a particularly high price when the federal government fails to faithfully execute our country’s immigration laws.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has threatened to sue the Biden administration if it doesn’t rescind it’s “illegal deportation freeze.”
In compliance with an executive order signed by President Biden on his first day in office, the Department of Homeland Security said the administration will “pause removals” for 100 days of people who have been scheduled for deportation. In addition, Biden announced proposed legislation that would grant an eight-year path to citizenship to the more than 11 million illegal aliens living in the U.S. Some immigration experts believe there are more 20 million illegal aliens.
Among six immigration-related executive orders, Biden also stopped construction of the border wall and reinstated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program enacted by President Obama through an executive order widely regarded as unconstitutional.
“Border states like Texas pay a particularly high price when the federal government fails to faithfully execute our country’s immigration laws,” Paxton wrote in a letter to acting DHS Secretary David Pekoske.
“I won’t tolerate unlawful acts from Joe Biden’s administration. Today, I am taking action,” the AG said.