USAG: ABBOTT IS VIOLATING FEDRAL LAW

  

The U.S. Attorney General has threatened to legally challenge Gov. Greg Abbott’s order that state troopers pull over drivers transporting migrants who pose a risk of carrying COVID-19.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has told Abbott in a letter, his orders are “dangerous and unlawful.”  Garland goes on to say the executive order “violates federal law in numerous respects, and Texas cannot lawfully enforce the Executive Order against any federal official or private parties working with the United States.”

Garland said the Department of Justice will “pursue all appropriate legal remedies to ensure that Texas does not interfere with the functions of the federal government” if Abbott does not rescind the order.

Wednesday, Abbott issued the order, allowing DPS troopers to reroute civilian vehicles back to their origin point or seize the vehicles, if police suspect the driver is transporting migrants who are infected with the virus.