Category: Federal-State Relations

What Happens If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned?

An overturning of Roe v. Wade will not come close to ending legal abortion in the United States, but rather, a flurry of legal wrangling at the state level is all but certain to follow the ruling’s expected rollback, said longtime observers of the battles over abortion in the United States. This will lead the way…


Pro-Life Organizations Cautiously Optimistic at Prospect of Overturning Abortion Ruling

Pro-life organizations are curbing their enthusiasm at the leaked “initial draft majority opinion” reportedly written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, which indicates the court would overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. It would put abortion laws back fully in the hands of states and give voters more local control over the issue. That…


Court to Block Biden Administration From Ending Title 42 Border Order

A federal judge on April 25 is set to block President Joe Biden’s administration from ending an emergency order that has been helping officials control the U.S.–Mexico border. U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays, a Trump appointee, told parties during a closed status conference that he intends to grant a motion for a temporary restraining order,…


8th Bus From Texas With Illegal Immigrants Arrives in Washington: Governor

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the eighth bus filled with illegal immigrants that were released into his state is heading to Washington, D.C. Abbott, a Republican, said he will continue to send buses with illegal aliens to the nation’s capital because he is “bringing the border to” President Joe Biden, whom he has blamed for…


Record Number of Illegal Immigrants Waiting in Mexico for the ‘Magic Day’: Immigration Expert

With U.S. intelligence officials estimating a massive increase in the number of illegal immigrants inundating the illegal entry points at the southern border, Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) Todd Bensman said many who have been temporarily held off in Mexico will flood the border after Title 42 ends. “Now you…


Record Number of Illegal Immigrants Waiting in Mexico for ‘Magic Day’: Immigration Expert

With U.S. intelligence officials estimating a massive increase in the number of illegal immigrants inundating illegal entry points at the southern border, Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) Todd Bensman said many who have been temporarily held off in Mexico will flood the border after Title 42 ends. “Now you have…


Supreme Court Declines New York’s Challenge to Trump-Era Federal Cap on State and Local Tax Deductions

The Supreme Court decided on April 18 not to hear an appeal from New York and three other Democrat-dominated northeastern states that were challenging the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions imposed by President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax law. The case is New York v. Yellen, court file 21-966. Janet Yellen was being…


Texas Bussing Illegal Immigrants to DC Without ‘Adequately Coordinating:’ US Agency

Texas is transporting illegal immigrants to the nation’s capital without properly communicating with the federal government, the head of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on April 14. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “is taking actions to move migrants without adequately coordinating with the federal government and local border communities,” Chris Magnus, CBP’s commissioner,…


States vs. Biden’s Prison-to-Streets Pipeline for Illegal Immigrant Convicts

The Biden administration has allowed a more than eleven-fold increase in the number of illegal immigrant offenders let out of Texas prisons and into the general U.S. population, despite federal immigration law requiring ICE to take convicts into custody after serving their time, usually in advance of deportation. The disclosure emerges from state-initiated litigation that…


Texas AG Backs Governor’s Policy of Sending Illegal Immigrants to Washington

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has expressed support for state Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to transport illegal immigrants to Washington, D.C. In an interview with Fox, Paxton acknowledged that a 2012 Supreme Court case blocks states from making their own immigration policies, saying the case could be a “problem for Texas.” However, the Supreme Court…