The Department of Justice sued the state of Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott Friday for an executive order that restricts people and groups outside the …
The Department of Justice sued the state of Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott Friday for an executive order that restricts people and groups outside the government from transporting migrants. “No State may obstruct the Federal Government in the discharge of its constitutional responsibilities,” the DOJ wrote in its complaint. “But on July 28, 2021, the Governor of the State of Texas issued an executive order purporting—’effective immediately’—to restrict who may lawfully provide ground transportation in Texas to certain groups of migrants who have been detained by the Federal Government pursuant to U.S. immigration authorities or are otherwise subject to certain Federal authorities.” The lawsuit goes on to say that Abbott’s executive order “obstructs the Federal Government’s arrangements with nongovernmental partners and directly interferes with the administration of federal immigration law.” Abbott issued an executive order Wednesday that said “no person, other than a federal, state, or local law-enforcement official, shall provide ground transportation to a group of migrants who have been detained by CBP” or Customs and Border Protection.
