By Beth Baumann | Townhall.com
Source: AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for
one of the president's first executive orders, which halts all deportations
of illegal aliens during his first 100 days in office. According to Paxton, the
freeze violates the Constitution and is a violation of federal immigration and
administrative law as well as an agreement between the State of Texas and the
Department of Homeland Security.
“In one of its first of dozens of steps that harm Texas
and the nation as a whole, the Biden administration directed DHS to violate
federal immigration law and breach an agreement to consult and cooperate with
Texas on that law. 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,” the attorney
general said in a statement. “DHS itself has previously acknowledged that
such a freeze on deportations will cause concrete injuries to Texas. I am
confident that these unlawful and perilous actions cannot stand. The rule of
law and security of our citizens must prevail.”
According to the lawsuit, the halt on deportations could
create a bigger issue, with DHS deciding to extend the halt, which Paxton says
would "effectively grant a blanket amnesty to illegal aliens that Congress
has refused to pass time and time again."
The deportation halt ignores the recent agreement Texas
and DHS finalized earlier this month that would require the federal agency to
provide the state with 180-days notice before making any changes to immigration
and enforcement policies and practices.
Biden's immigration halt has already drawn an increase in
illegal border crossings. Caravans are starting up again in Central America. One illegal
alien even admitted that Biden gave them 100 days to get into the
United States.
