The commissioners court unanimously approved a document urging Governor Greg Abbott to order deportations by the state government.
A federal judge blocked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from ending the use of the Title 42 public health order.
A federal judge is preventing the U.S. government from ending the pandemic-era policy allowing border officials to expel illegal aliens on public health grounds.
Republicans blasted Mayorkas as illegal crossings increase and the Biden administration seeks to end Title 42 enforcement.
Border agents encountered about 38,000 unaccompanied minors in the first half of Fiscal Year 2022, which began in October.
The policy was instituted by the Trump administration and continued under Biden as a measure to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Krause is running for Tarrant County district attorney after dropping a campaign for attorney general last fall.
Both Republican and Democratic members of Texas’ congressional delegation had urged the federal government to keep the policy in place.
Child deaths caused by physical abuse have decreased since 2019. In the same period, however, child suicides have increased.
The lawsuit alleges that the CDC’s mask mandate for commercial airlines, conveyances, and transportation hubs exceeds its authority.
The state says COVID-19 cases for unvaccinated people are 13 times more likely, but its federal counterpart estimates the difference is half that high.
While the Texas Department of State Health Services is issuing poison warnings about ivermectin products, treating physicians are continuing to promote the FDA-approved pharmaceutical product.
