DOJ threatens Texas and wants to continue endangering Texas with sick illegals

 Washington Examiner:

Attorney General Merrick Garland urged Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to withdraw the “dangerous and unlawful” executive order he instituted on Wednesday aimed at restricting the transport of illegal migrants in Texas who may have COVID-19.

Garland said Abbott’s order, which provides that “no person, other than a federal, state, or local law-enforcement official, shall provide ground transportation to a group of migrants,” cannot be lawfully enforced. He threatened to take legal action against Texas if the Republican governor doesn’t withdraw the order.

“The order would jeopardize the health and safety of noncitizens in federal government custody, federal law enforcement personnel and their families, and our communities,” Garland told Abbott in a letter Thursday, also saying Texas can’t enforce the order against federal officials or private organizations working with the federal government.

TEXAS GOV. ABBOTT CLAMPS DOWN ON MIGRANT TRANSPORTS TO STOP COVID-19 SPREAD IN COMMUNITIES

Garland cited the Constitution’s supremacy clause, saying, “A state may not interfere with or obstruct these federal officials in the performance of their duties.”

Abbott’s Wednesday order followed news of COVID-positive migrants being dropped off by Homeland Security Department officials in the border towns of La Joya and McAllen pending their U.S. immigration court proceedings.
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If Garland brings such a case he should lose it.  It is Biden's irresponsible refusal to enforce US immigration law that is the real danger to the health and safety of the country and to the US officials who have to deal with this sick policy.  Garland may have thrown Brer Rabbit into the thorn patch. 

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