The U.S. Justice Department on Friday filed a lawsuit against Texas and its governor, Greg Abbott, over an order the Republican governor signed barring ground transportation of migrants who could be carrying COVID-19. Garland told Abbott to "immediately rescind" the executive order he called "both dangerous and unlawful." "The 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 wrote in a letter to Abbott. Abbott argued his order was necessary to counter the rise in illegal immigration under the Biden administration. "The Biden administration is knowingly admitting hundreds of thousands of unauthorized migrants, many of whom the federal government knows full well have COVID-19," Abbott said in a response to Garland's lawsuit.

Source: Fox News July 30, 2021 22:51 UTC