LATEST: Trump admin is trying to sabotage Biden’s immigration plans with last-minute deals, officials tell @JuliaEAinsley and me.
"The whole point is 110 percent to screw the incoming administration from doing anything for six months," one said. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
"The whole point is 110 percent to screw the incoming administration from doing anything for six months," one said. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
The agreements would require Biden’s DHS to consult with certain jurisdictions before "making any decision that could reduce immigration enforcement, increase the number of illegal aliens... increase immigration benefits or eligibility for benefits.” nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
Any of Biden’s immigration policies — including work of a task force to reunite families Trump separated — could be stalled if states argue that they were not consulted.
A former Trump official called the agreements "an attempt at undemocratic sabotage." nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
A former Trump official called the agreements "an attempt at undemocratic sabotage." nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
Read more about four such agreements, signed by the attorneys general of Indiana, Louisiana and Arizona and the sheriff of Rockingham County, NC, which were first reported by @Haleaziz and @BuzzFeedNews. buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
Rick Su, professor of immigration law at the University of North Carolina, told us: "[The Trump admin is] trying to hamper the power of a subsequent administration. The federal government cannot relinquish or delegate its sovereign power in this manner." nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
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