Thank you for covering the three Texas cases. I've been following the cases since the beginning of each, and frankly, it's painful at times. It's not just Texas vs the US, it's Judge Ezra vs the Fifth, or I should say, the Fifth vs Ezra, and the Fifth vs SCOTUS. There's little that is legal or logical about any of it.
And a few days ago, a young woman climbed one of the fences Trump likes to brag about, but couldn't get down. And as the Border Patrol went about gathering up other immigrants, they told to hold on, help was on the way. They had called out the fire department, but when the ladder truck got there, it couldn't get to the fence, and had to get around. She was pleading for help, terrified because she was slipping.
The ultimate problem with federal-state condominium authority over what a state may undertake to police with respect to persons within its borders that depends upon documentation status (citizen, claimant to asylum status, entrant subject to summary deportation under federal law, person charged with violating state criminal law, etc.) is that it ultimately implicitly defeats the right to interstate travel by making Texas the arbiter of who may freely pass and those who must assume the burden of proving lawful presence. Lawful presence is a matter of federal immigration law. The law has extended to anyone present in the US the right to claim asylum status without regard to the time required to process the volume of claims, most of which are unfounded. Texas wants to jump the queue to go directly to the merits of the claim. It’s easy to imagine conflicting state and federal resolutions as well as conflicting state resolutions.
You were doing so well and then you inserted “most of which are unfounded.” That is absolute bullshit.
Never mind, immigration is not on the list of things that contributed to our Third World outhouse status. Middle-age white guys they think they know stuff certainly are. They’re in the top three. They might be THE top three.
Steady on. By "unfounded" I should have been clear that I meant that the claims will prove ultimately unsuccessful because the legal criteria are very difficult to satisfy. It's obvious to me that people who go to the expense and risk of the trip to the border think it worth the risk compared to staying put. What makes it worth the risk is that even if the asylum claim fails they will be able to be somewhere much safer while the very long process plays out.
Unfortunately, immigration has become a political problem too useful to solve. Xenophobia is always popular in Jesusland, industrial agriculture prefers access to a workforce exploitable due to irregular residency status, and the hospitality industry would be unrecognizable. I had thought that before now the benefits of encouraging immigration would be obvious from an economic standpoint, but unfortunately economic rationality is something seen only on blackboards.
Was the shade about middle-age white guys meant for me? If so, you missed—I'm a 77-year old first-generation Mexican-American.
That Tennessee bill is some real hot garbage.
Thank you both, Chris and Erin for the work you do for us.
Thank you for covering the three Texas cases. I've been following the cases since the beginning of each, and frankly, it's painful at times. It's not just Texas vs the US, it's Judge Ezra vs the Fifth, or I should say, the Fifth vs Ezra, and the Fifth vs SCOTUS. There's little that is legal or logical about any of it.
And a few days ago, a young woman climbed one of the fences Trump likes to brag about, but couldn't get down. And as the Border Patrol went about gathering up other immigrants, they told to hold on, help was on the way. They had called out the fire department, but when the ladder truck got there, it couldn't get to the fence, and had to get around. She was pleading for help, terrified because she was slipping.
And then it was too late. She fell. And she died.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/woman-dies-after-fall-international-border-fence-near-otay-mesa
It is not a damn invasion.
That’s disgusting! That poor woman.
Tennessee sucks. I currently live here for 4 years. Like all southern states they are still fighting the civil war: culturally and legislatively.
Abe left massive cancers in the south.....
They think confederate soliders are heros, the bible is the constitution and confederate flag is the US flag.
Beyond notice. Missouri’s coming for you. Look at Texas and Mississippi!
Consenting to this is beyond the pale. And then I think of the Middle East. Where we are facilitating attempted genocide of crimes against humanity.
TF have we become? This is light years away from the ‘ideal’ that is America.
It’s “pail” isn’t it?
Chris, Erin,
Texas and Tennessee certainly are legal TNT when it comes to human rights and blowing ...t up. Thank you for all you do. We are in this together.
These southern bigots need to be reeled into court, and the Nex Benedict case would be a good place to take a stand.
All those federal installations in Texas need to be moved/closed, and same for Alabama. That would be a great place to start “cost cutting.”
The ultimate problem with federal-state condominium authority over what a state may undertake to police with respect to persons within its borders that depends upon documentation status (citizen, claimant to asylum status, entrant subject to summary deportation under federal law, person charged with violating state criminal law, etc.) is that it ultimately implicitly defeats the right to interstate travel by making Texas the arbiter of who may freely pass and those who must assume the burden of proving lawful presence. Lawful presence is a matter of federal immigration law. The law has extended to anyone present in the US the right to claim asylum status without regard to the time required to process the volume of claims, most of which are unfounded. Texas wants to jump the queue to go directly to the merits of the claim. It’s easy to imagine conflicting state and federal resolutions as well as conflicting state resolutions.
You were doing so well and then you inserted “most of which are unfounded.” That is absolute bullshit.
Never mind, immigration is not on the list of things that contributed to our Third World outhouse status. Middle-age white guys they think they know stuff certainly are. They’re in the top three. They might be THE top three.
Steady on. By "unfounded" I should have been clear that I meant that the claims will prove ultimately unsuccessful because the legal criteria are very difficult to satisfy. It's obvious to me that people who go to the expense and risk of the trip to the border think it worth the risk compared to staying put. What makes it worth the risk is that even if the asylum claim fails they will be able to be somewhere much safer while the very long process plays out.
Unfortunately, immigration has become a political problem too useful to solve. Xenophobia is always popular in Jesusland, industrial agriculture prefers access to a workforce exploitable due to irregular residency status, and the hospitality industry would be unrecognizable. I had thought that before now the benefits of encouraging immigration would be obvious from an economic standpoint, but unfortunately economic rationality is something seen only on blackboards.
Was the shade about middle-age white guys meant for me? If so, you missed—I'm a 77-year old first-generation Mexican-American.
Thank you so much for the clarification. I am more than occasionally good miscommunication. Much appreciated. Well done.
LOL I can't even see Tennis on the map, across my 50 states of mind!
https://liborsoural.substack.com/p/amor-situationship