In rushing to court not even a week after Mr. Biden was sworn in, America’s biggest red state signaled that it was ready to resume the role of chief antagonist to a Democratic President’s immigration agenda
Texas on Friday moved to stop President Joe Biden from allowing a 100-day moratorium on deportations, bringing one of the first lawsuits against his new administration.
In rushing to court not even a week after Mr. Biden was sworn in, America’s biggest red state signaled that it was ready to resume the role of chief antagonist to a Democratic President’s immigration agenda, after four years of cheering on Donald Trump’s hardline policies along the southern border.
The federal lawsuit seeks a halt to the deportation moratorium “for certain noncitizens” that was to begin Friday. Mr. Biden has already signed a raft of executive orders, including one revoking Mr. Trump’s mandate that made anyone in the U.S. illegally a priority for deportation.
Texas claims the moratorium…