New Legislation on Border Security:
A clause in the new border security measure that would only permit judicial challenges in Washington, DC, has drawn criticism from conservatives. The law would deprive Texas and other states of the ability to file a local federal court challenge to several of its provisions.
The section included on page 221 of the bill was promptly criticized by conservative pundits. Over 20 years as a federal prosecutor, Bill Shipley denounced the court’s rulings on X, previously Twitter, on Sunday.
This would stop plaintiffs from suing in federal courts in Texas, including the State of Texas. It’s corrupt here,” he wrote.
Legal Review for Undocumented Immigrants:
“The United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have sole and original jurisdiction to hear challenges, whether lawful or otherwise, to the reliability of this section or any written policy directive, written policy guideline, written procedure, or the implementation thereof.” The right to judicial review for undocumented immigrants facing deportation has generated controversy.
Title 42 is a pandemic-related border limitation that permits the prompt deportation of migrants and asylum-seekers. In 2022, a federal court in Louisiana barred the Biden administration from lifting this restriction.
Conservative author and self-described “deportation scientist,” Mike Howell wrote on X in response to the most recent elements of the border security bill, saying that it “puts far left DC district court in charge.” An author and lawyer, Kurt Schlichter, responded to the provision on X by writing: “This is amazing.”
Federal Government-Related Tensions:
After the Supreme Court decided 5–4 to permit the temporary removal of razor wire that Texas had put along the southern border, President Joe Biden’s administration won a significant victory over Texas Governor Greg Abbott in late January. The removal will stay in place as long as the dispute is being litigated.
Republicans who backed Abbott and his administration’s efforts to combat illegal immigration in the state were incensed by the decision. As the federal government expressed worries about the deterrent’s effects on the environment and human rights, tensions over the measures grew.
Despite the legal setback, the governor of Texas, a vocal opponent of Biden on immigration matters, declared that the battle “is not over” and referred to the razor wire as “an effective deterrent” in a post on X, the old Twitter platform. In a statement, he also proclaimed Texas’ “right to self-defense.”
The editorial board of the Houston Chronicle expressed worries about Abbott’s “defiance,” drawing comparisons to earlier instances in American history, in an opinion article published on Sunday.
Abbott’s resistance rings familiar to Americans of a certain age. The opinion post stated, “It reminds me of Alabama’s’segregation forever’ governor, George Wallace, who prevented African-American students James Hood and Vivian Malone from enrolling at the University of Alabama in 1963.”
Newsweek contacted Abbott’s office via email on Monday. With the introduction of the new border security bill, Biden made it clear that he is amenable to “massive changes” in border policy. He also asked Congress to support a bipartisan Senate agreement that would combine border enforcement measures with assistance to Ukraine in its ongoing conflict with Russia.
The GOP-led House, however, doesn’t seem to support the bipartisan proposal, with conservative hardliners claiming the plan wouldn’t go far enough to stop immigration into the country illegally. Furthermore, Republican from Louisiana and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has already declared that the Senate agreement would be “dead on arrival in the House.”
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