WASHINGTON — The Biden administration painted a bleak picture Tuesday of what would happen if the Supreme Court sides with Texas and rules federal laws trump prosecutorial discretion in certain immigration enforcement cases.
Texas is leading a legal challenge to guidelines issued last year by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas seeking to prioritize certain categories of individuals for enforcement.
Those guidelines run afoul of federal laws declaring the government “shall” detain certain individuals in the country illegally, including those convicted of certain felonies or those with final removal orders, according to Texas and others backing the challenge.
