There IS even talk of succesion rolling around in the background…..
Hmmmmm?
The rule IS?
The Federal Government controls the United Sates Immigration policy….
Not any state….
Texas Republican Governor Abbott, who is no stranger to the law knows that….
But ?
As it has been for decades?
US Immigration policy is about Republicans being able to beat up Democrats…..
Joyce Vance does a piece on the subject linked below….
He’s right on the nose. MAGA “patriots” want to have their cake and eat it, too, when it comes to the involvement of the federal government in their lives. It’s laughable; perhaps it was even meant tongue-in-cheek. But when it comes to Texas and the states supporting it in its battle against federal control of immigration policy and enforcement, there’s nothing funny going on.
Texas wants the federal government to do more to stem the flow of migrants across its border and be meaner about it. That’s hardly news, nor is it news to anyone that our immigration system is broken. Congress enacted the Immigration Reform and Control Act (also known as the Simpson-Mazzoli Act or the Reagan Amnesty) in November 1986 when Ronald Reagan was president. Almost 40 years later, and despite decades of attempts to reach a compromise that would set the stage for more recent changes to reflect current conditions, there has been no further legislation. Late last week, Speaker Mike Johnson announced that the compromise immigration bill the Senate was working on was “dead on arrival” in the House, and he would not bring it to the floor. And on Wednesday, in his first floor speech as speaker, Johnson said President Biden should use executive action to control migrants at the border. Have you ever heard of House Republicans suggesting a Democratic president should use more executive orders to direct policy? Without the slightest touch of irony, the man who shut down any legislative action intoned, “I’m here this morning to beg my colleagues to help us force the administration to take action.”
Why would the Speaker do that when immigration is one of the top Republican issues for the 2024 election cycle? When Republican Senators were hard at work on inserting their priorities into new legislation? Of course, we all know the answer: Donald Trump. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) revealed the quiet part out loud when he said that a “border deal that actually reduced the flow of illegal immigration would be good for [President Biden] politically.” Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) put it straight: “The border is a very important issue for Donald Trump. And the fact that he would communicate to Republican senators and Congress people that he doesn’t want us to solve the border problem — because he wants to blame Biden for it — is really appalling,” he told reporters.
Mehdi Hasan tweeted, “The Republicans want you to believe there is a literal invasion at our southern border, but also that it doesn’t need to be repelled or stopped … till January 2025.” Former Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill weighed in too….
Note….
Migrant border crossing have dropped almost 50% recently….
THAT isn’t in the headlines, eh?