Bloomberg law reported on our amicus brief in U.S. v. Texas. It stated: “Gun rights groups have come to the aid of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in urging a federal appeals court to let Texas defend the US-Mexico border through arrests and removals. A filing Wednesday from a dozen nonprofits groups, including several that advocate for gun rights, argues that a surge of migrants entering the country unlawfully equals an invasion that Texas has a right to repel through a controversial new state law that the Biden administration opposes. Texas’ S.B.4, currently on hold pending review by the US Supreme Court, makes it a state level offense to enter the country illegally and authorizes state judges to deport violators. Such enforcement measures historically have fallen to the federal government, but the gun groups say Biden has abandoned that duty and Texas must fill that void.”
Bloomberg Law Article about our U.S. v. Texas brief
The article twice quoted our brief: “Had the president been enforcing the nation’s immigration laws and protecting the nation’s southern border, there would have been no reason for Texas to enact SB4,” the groups argue. Also, “The truth is that there has been a massive national failure of enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws, and under the government’s view, no state can act when the president stands down,” they argue.