Open Borders ACLU Takes Legal Action Against New Texas Border Law
Jose Nino
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The Texas-based affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Texas Civil Rights Project filed a joint lawsuit to take on a controversial border security measure that the Texas state legislature recently approved.
The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of plaintiffs such as Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, the American Gateways, and the County of El Paso.
The lawsuit challenges Senate Bill 4 which criminalizes illegal entry into the state. The measure, in addition to Senate Bill 3 which allocates funding for border barrier infrastructure, was signed on December 18, 2023 by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
In its lawsuit, the ACLU contended that the Texas state law infringes on the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution, which declares that federal law is superior to state law. They assert that SB 4 is an attempt to regulate immigration policies that are “exclusively reserved to the federal government.”
“We’re suing to block one of the most extreme anti-immigrant bills in the country,” declared Adriana Piñon, legal director of the ACLU of Texas. “The bill overrides bedrock constitutional principles and flouts federal immigration law while harming Texans, in particular Brown and Black communities.”
The lawsuit petitions the court to proclaim that SB 4 is entirely illegal and to preliminarily and permanently enjoin Steven McCraw, Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, from carrying out the measure.
Open Borders Inc has never cared about the law and does everything possible to undermine anything concept or practice that promotes law and order.
The fact is that the federal government is completely derelict when it comes to the enforcement of border laws, so states like Texas have to assume this function just to maintain some semblance of order. More red states will have to follow in Texas’ footsteps if they want to preserve some semblance of safety in these otherwise troubling times.
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