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El Paso, Texas – The ACLU and its Texas chapter say a federal court in El Paso has blocked Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order restricting the ground transportation of migrants due to COVID-19.
Abbott issued GA-37 in July instructing the Texas Department of Public Security to stop any vehicle and redirect those vehicles to their departure point or port of entry if there was reasonable suspicion of such a violation.
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According to the ruling, Abbott’s order violates the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution by empowering DPS to “make immigration regulations and act accordingly, the province of federal law.”
The ruling also states that while Texas and Abbott have “extensive powers to prevent and limit the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus,” they have provided “no evidence” that the order “is effective.” to achieve this goal ”. “
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The ACLU says it has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Annunciation House, one of the largest accommodation providers on the US-Mexico border based in El Paso; Angry Tías & Abuelas from the Rio Grande Valley, a volunteer organization that helps migrants; Jennifer Harbury, a humanitarian volunteer who frequently drives migrants; and FIEL Houston, an immigrant rights organization whose members include newly arrived migrants who are subject to executive order travel restrictions.
A separate challenge was filed by the US Department of Justice just days after Abbott announced the order. US Attorney General Merrick Garland previously said it was breaking federal law and the US Department of Justice would take action if Abbott did not reverse it.
In their lawsuit, the DOJ argued that Texas Executive Ordinance “harms the United States and those whom the United States protects, threatens the health and safety of non-nationals in federal custody, threatens the safety of federal law enforcement personnel, and their families and worsen the spread of Covid-19 in our communities. “
The ACLU says the two cases have now been merged for pretrial purposes.
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