EL PASO, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week issued an executive order directing Department of Public Safety troopers to initiate traffic stops on vehicles suspected of transporting migrants.
What You Need To Know
- The Department of Justice has sued Texas in federal court in order to block Gov. Greg Abbott's latest migrant order
- The executive order directs state troopers to initiate traffic stops on vehicles suspected of transporting migrants
- Abbott said he issued the order to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the state
- Critics said that if carried out, the traffic stops could constitute racial profiling
Troopers were essentially told to use their best judgment when conducting the stops, and Abbott said the aim of the order is to prevent migrants from spreading COVID-19 in the state.
The order drew immediate backlash from Democrats and other critics. That was followed by a letter from Attorney General Merrick Garland urging Abbott to rescind the order.
“I urge you to immediately rescind Executive Order GA 3 7, entitled Relating to the transportation of migrants during the COVID-19 disaster,” Garland wrote. “The Order purports to mandate that ‘[n]o person, other than a federal, state, or local law-enforcement official, shall provide ground transportation to a group of migrants who have been detained by [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] for crossing the border illegally or who would have been subject to expulsion under the Title 42 order.; EO GA 37 if 1. As...
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