Texas and Louisiana have successfully sued the Biden administration over an immigration policy that saw “criminal aliens” released from custody into the community instead of being deported.
U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton on Friday ruled in favor of Texas and Louisiana, finding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued rules via “self-styled” memorandum meant to govern “civil immigration enforcement.”
These “unlawful agency memoranda” allowed illegal aliens convicted of felonies to “roam free” in America, Texas and Louisiana argued in their lawsuit (pdf).
Tipton said the legal issues in the case were “varied and complicated” but at its core, the case was about whether the Biden administration “may require its officials to act in a manner that conflicts with a statutory mandate imposed by Congress.”…