By P. Gardner Goldsmith, MRC TV, Jan. 16, 2024
The increasing heat between state governments and the feds may be reaching a virtual boiling point, as the Biden Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Friday added a supplemental filing to the Administration’s days-old request for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to “reinstate” federal control over the southern Texas border with Mexico.
“Filed on Friday, the document states that the DHS is filing the motion because of ‘new activities by the Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety.’”
In part, those “new activities” include Governor Abbott’s use of the Texas National Guard and State Police to reinforce barriers to entry from the south. …