Justice Department warns it will sue Texas over state's new immigration law

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "AdvertisementBoynton gave Texas a deadline of Wednesday to respond to the warning.Immigration policy has long been a flash point between Republicans and Democrats, and Congress has tried and failed for years to address the issue.
44% : On multiple days this month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reported more than 10,000 daily encounters with migrants who entered illegally.
40% : There were more than 2 million illegal crossings at the southwest border with Mexico in each of the past two fiscal years, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
37% : "President Biden has repeatedly refused to enforce federal immigration laws already on the books and do his job to secure the border," Abbott said in a statement earlier this month, vowing to take the fight "all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary."
26% : CBP also has shut down a busy pedestrian crossing near San Diego and other border checkpoints, saying it needs its officers to help overwhelmed U.S. Border Patrol agents.Republicans, and Abbott in particular, have faulted the Biden administration for the influx of migrants and say the new law is necessary to do what the federal government has not.
14% : Donald Trump made cracking down on illegal immigration a central focus of his administration and has vowed to do so again if reelected in 2024.

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