WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Attorney General Mark Brnovich, leading a coalition of 18 states, filed an amicus brief at the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Texas v. United States. The coalition is supporting Texas and Louisiana’s opposition to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) dangerous Permanent Guidance. The immigration policy halts nearly all arrests and deportations, even for those convicted of crimes, and drastically ties the hands of immigration officers.
The policy also places a heavy financial burden on the states, with the additional funding now required to not only provide education and healthcare to deportable individuals, but also to supervise noncitizen felons who DHS is refusing to remove.
The coalition argues, “For the vast majority of migrants unlawfully entering the United States, actual enforcement of U.S. immigration laws by DHS is thus the rare exception, rather than the rule.”
In June, General Brnovich led a coalition in filing an amicus brief in this case at the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and another one in the Supreme Court in July.
Joining General Brnovich are the Attorneys General from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Copy of brief.