A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered the Biden administration to end the use of Title 42 for expulsions by December 21.
"I trust that the Alabama law will withstand judicial scrutiny, and I’m proud to help," Paxton said of the law that took effect this week.
Attorneys general from 20 states wrote in a letter that the panel seems to exist only to infringe on “the exercise of constitutional rights.”
The policy was instituted by the Trump administration and continued under Biden as a measure to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
President Biden criticized the decision and said the federal government “intends to appeal this decision in order to preserve and fortify DACA.”
Pro-choice activists rallied at the Texas capitol yesterday as pro-life legislation curbing abortion sweeps across the nation.
