A federal district judge appointed by former President Obama has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of male undocumented immigrants who claimed that Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star violated their constitutional rights. .
This week, Judge Robert Pittman dismissed a lawsuit brought by 15 male undocumented immigrants who claim that Abbott’s Operation Lone Star violated their rights under the Fourth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments. .
Operation Lone Star is launched In March 2021, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) was authorized to work with the Texas National Guard to more effectively combat Mexican drug cartels and the illegal immigrants and drugs they smuggle across the southern border. give.
Pittman said the illegal aliens could not show which constitutional rights Operation Lone Star violated.
Plaintiffs’ request for a declaratory judgment is uncontroversial and fails to adequately allege that defendants violated their constitutional rights. The court decided that the case must be dismissed. Although Plaintiffs’ Third Amended Complaint did provide the court with statistical information regarding the development of Operation Lone Star, Plaintiffs have not provided the court with facts regarding how Defendants’ personal or supervisory authority and conduct deprived Plaintiffs of their constitutional rights.. [Emphasis added]
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The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) is assisting in Mr. Abbott’s defense in this case. Court summary He suggested that Operation Lone Star’s detention of illegal aliens was not unconstitutional.
“This case deserves to be dismissed,” IRLI Executive Director Dale Wilcox said. “The Biden administration’s abandonment of its legal border security obligations has led to a spike in property crimes in Texas, and Texas has every right to address this by enforcing state law.”
“If Plaintiffs’ claims are correct, illegal aliens would not only be free to enter and remain in Texas and the United States, they would also be free to commit crimes without consequences,” Wilcox said. said. “We are pleased that the court recognized that this lawsuit has no legal basis and dismissed the lawsuit.”
The case is Barcenas v. McCrawno. 1:22-cv-00397 United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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