JURIST

MARCH 18, 2024

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito indefinitely extended a stay blocking the enforcement of a Texas law that criminalizes illegal entry into the state from other countries. Opponents, including the US Department of Justice, argue that the state overstepped in passing the law as immigration is normally a matter of federal law.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star using state law enforcement to enforce immigration law by arresting migrants for trespassing is overwhelming local courts and resulting in few convictions.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic. There is nothing unlawful about conveying individuals who are lawfully in the country pending their immigration hearings.

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MARCH 6, 2018

DHS had waived the requirements of NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and other laws pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. The two states said the circumstances providing a basis for the stay (i.e.,

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Monday that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is normally a federal matter. The bill creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses.

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JURIST

MAY 9, 2024

Civil rights groups filed a complaint on Thursday against Iowa state officials to stop the state’s recently enacted immigration law from going into effect on July 1. The law makes it a crime for a foreign national to enter Iowa after having been deported from the US in the past, regardless of current immigration status.

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2023

Harper ), immigration ( US v. Texas ), Affirmative Action ( Students for Fair Admissions v. The US Constitution says that Justices may serve as long as they exhibit “good behavior” and can face impeachment for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Milligan and Moore v.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“ Travis County judges can’t hear appeals from migrants arrested under Texas border security push, court rules ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2024

The passage puts the midwestern state on track to join Texas in enforcing state immigration laws that operate independently of the federal immigration system, meaning they are not directly tied to or governed by federal immigration policies.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. The plaintiffs—identified as environmentalists, environmental groups, natural resource conservation groups, and cattle ranchers—alleged, among other things, that the immigration actions resulted in increased greenhouse gas emissions. Biden , No.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2024

The hearings this week may reveal conduct that reaches the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. It is also true, in my opinion, that none of those things amount to high crimes and misdemeanors warranting his impeachment. Immigration has long been an area of intense policy disagreements. 2680(a) for policy-based judgments.

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