It's 'Intentional Destruction Of American Border Security': Texas Attorney General Takes Legal Action Against Biden Admin For Border Chaos

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (D) is following in Florida's lead, filing a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security over its current plan to simply let illegal immigrants flood into the states en masse lacking a proper court date to appear in immigration court. 

The current policy, submitted by the pro-illegal Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, follows the idea of ‘catch and release,’ which was previously ruled illegal by a federal judge in a lawsuit against the DHS that Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody pursued back in March. 

On May 10th, Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz announced the plan to implement a new policy that was more or less identical to the previously ruled illegal policy. This, of course, prompted Florida Attorney General Moody to sue again on May 11th, asking that the court bring the program to a complete halt, as previously covered by the DC Enquirer. The court issued a temporary restraining order the same day for 14 days, with an official hearing scheduled on May 19th. 

Paxton, likely seeing the success of Moody, followed suit and brought an identical case to the US District Court for the South District of Texas Victoria Division, asking the court to provide a temporary restraining order like what was done in Florida, per Just The News.

Paxton is adamant on the failures of the Biden administration on the issue, stating, “There are no words that can fully describe the unmitigated catastrophe that Joe Biden has created on our southern border. What we are watching in real-time is the systematic, deliberate, and intentional destruction of American border security. There’s simply no other explanation for what Biden is doing.”

The current policy doesn’t immediately provide the illegals with a court date to appear before an immigration judge, instead allowing them to come into the United States under the promise they’ll come to an ICE facility within 60 days of their arrival and schedule a court date. The even more absurd part is the 60-day time limit is flexible, allowing them to come well past the 60 days, as well as not even having to appear in person, instead allowing them to send mail. 

The DHS is expected to fight both cases, though currently, they are having an uphill battle in Florida. The judge has largely dismissed their arguments, saying the Biden administration is essentially “posting a flashing ‘Come In, We’re Open’ sign on the southern border” and neglecting to use tools provided by Congress to handle the crisis. 

The Biden admin is likely to continue to deflect the very existence of the problem onto others, as no sign of leadership on the border crisis is seeming to arise anytime soon. It would undoubtedly be easier to implement a stronger border policy than to attempt to argue Biden’s policy in court, but the Biden admin has never seemed interested in the logical approach to problem-solving.