Buzzfeed: “A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Texas from restricting who can transport immigrants after they cross the southern border, delivering a blow to Gov. Greg Abbott’s anti-immigration efforts. The ruling, issued by US District Judge Kathleen Cardone, came just a week after Abbott issued an executive order notifying state officials that only law enforcement officials could transport immigrants who crossed the border unlawfully and were detained or subject to a policy that allows quick expulsions. Abbott added that the Texas Department of Public Safety was ‘directed to stop any vehicle upon reasonable suspicion of a violation.'”
“It was the latest legal maneuver by a Republican governor who has been critical of the Biden administration’s approach to immigration policy. Abbott had successfully challenged President Joe Biden’s moratorium on deportations and joined a group of states that convinced a judge to no longer allow new DACA applications.’The Executive Order causes irreparable injury to the United States and to individuals the United States is charged with protecting, jeopardizing the health and safety of non-citizens in federal custody, risking the safety of federal law enforcement personnel and their families, and exacerbating the spread of COVID-19,’ Cardone wrote in the order.”