Lawsuit Challenges TX's New Migration Law; Reactions to CO Banning Trump from Ballot
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The law, known as SB 4, will take effect in March and create a new state crime for illegal entry or re-entry into Texas, with penalties ranging from 180 days in jail to 20 years in prison. Texas magistrate judges will be required to order migrants to return to Mexico, with up to 20-year sentences for those who refuse to comply.
Migrants who cross illegally can already be charged with illegal entry or re-entry under federal laws but Abbott has sharply criticized U.S. President Joe Biden for failing to enforce them.
"Biden's deliberate inaction has left Texas to fend for itself," Abbott said during a press conference in front of a stretch of state-funded border wall in Brownsville, Texas.
Abbott also signed a bill that would devote $1.5 billion to border wall construction and other operations, funding that comes on top of $5 billion in state funds already appropriated for border enforcement. The Republican governor in late November signed into law a measure to increase penalties for human smuggling.
Record numbers of migrants have been caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border since Biden, a Democrat, took office in 2021. Abbott and other Republicans blame Biden, who is seeking re-election in 2024, for rolling back restrictive policies of former President Donald Trump, the leading candidate for the Republican Party nomination.
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 19) disqualified former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state’s presidential election next year over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.
The ruling makes Trump the first presidential candidate in U.S. history to be deemed ineligible for the White House under a rarely used provision of the U.S. Constitution that bars officials who have engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” from holding office.
The court concluded that the U.S. Constitution bars the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in 2024 from appearing on the ballot because of his role in instigating violence against the U.S. government.
The case was brought by a group of Colorado voters, aided by the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, who argued that Trump should be disqualified for inciting his supporters to attack the Capitol in a failed attempt to obstruct the transfer of presidential power to Biden after the 2020 election.
Migrants who cross illegally can already be charged with illegal entry or re-entry under federal laws but Abbott has sharply criticized U.S. President Joe Biden for failing to enforce them.
"Biden's deliberate inaction has left Texas to fend for itself," Abbott said during a press conference in front of a stretch of state-funded border wall in Brownsville, Texas.
Abbott also signed a bill that would devote $1.5 billion to border wall construction and other operations, funding that comes on top of $5 billion in state funds already appropriated for border enforcement. The Republican governor in late November signed into law a measure to increase penalties for human smuggling.
Record numbers of migrants have been caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border since Biden, a Democrat, took office in 2021. Abbott and other Republicans blame Biden, who is seeking re-election in 2024, for rolling back restrictive policies of former President Donald Trump, the leading candidate for the Republican Party nomination.
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 19) disqualified former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state’s presidential election next year over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.
The ruling makes Trump the first presidential candidate in U.S. history to be deemed ineligible for the White House under a rarely used provision of the U.S. Constitution that bars officials who have engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” from holding office.
The court concluded that the U.S. Constitution bars the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in 2024 from appearing on the ballot because of his role in instigating violence against the U.S. government.
The case was brought by a group of Colorado voters, aided by the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, who argued that Trump should be disqualified for inciting his supporters to attack the Capitol in a failed attempt to obstruct the transfer of presidential power to Biden after the 2020 election.
