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December 29, 2023

Justice Department Threatens to Sue Texas over New Immigration Law
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The Justice Department is threatening to sue the state of Texas if it
begins enforcing a new law empowering police to arrest anyone they
suspect of entering the United States without authorization. The law was
signed last week by Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott.

Meanwhile, CBS is reporting Border Patrol this month has taken into
custody more than 225,000 migrants who attempted to cross the southern
border outside of an official crossing - that's the highest monthly
total in the agency's history.

Earlier this week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico City as the
Biden administration looks to further limit the number of asylum seekers
arriving at the southern border.


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