Court of Appeals strikes down Texas border law ban
FOX News’ Griff Jenkins details the ruling that overturns a lower court ruling that blocked Texas from enforcing its own border law that would have made illegal border crossings from Mexico into Texas a national crime.
The likely Democratic nominee in the Texas Senate race has taken a number of positions on illegal immigration, and has defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz as the border crisis becomes a central focus for voters. That could complicate his aim to unseat him.
Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, who represents Texas’ 32nd Congressional District, wants to “surge funding” to support the Border Patrol, but has consistently balked at efforts to ban sanctuary cities. He has opposed and supported a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants living in Texas. The United States called the border wall “racist” and opposed several bills aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration.
Allred began his Senate campaign last May and has so far outpaced his main Democratic opponent. Recent polls also show him as the favorite to win the nomination in a runoff election against Texas Sen. Rolando Gutierrez.
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Democratic Texas Representative Colin Allred (left) and Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz (right). (Getty Images)
But given that border issues and illegal immigration are among the issues of greatest concern to voters in the Lone Star State, which continues to bear the brunt of the worsening immigration crisis under the Biden administration, Cruz The possibility of facing him is likely to be a tougher challenge. clock.
Allred was an activist at the forefront of the anti-government movement when he first ran for Congress in the 2018 midterm elections. SB4the bill passed by the Texas Legislature would require local law enforcement to “comply with federal immigration law and the requirements of detainees” and create criminal penalties for failure to enforce the law. It was actually banned.
In a 2017 interview with Medium, Allred said, “Following this national trend of acting tough on immigrants is not the Texas way,” calling the bill “misguided and discriminatory.” ” and added that it would “leave a stain” on Texas history. .
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Days after the interview was published, Allred continued to oppose the bill. In a long Facebook postcalling it “cruel” and “inhumane.”
“This is an insult to generations of Latinos and others who built this nation. I condemn this law and call for its immediate repeal,” he wrote.
Migrants attempt to cross the North American side of the border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on March 3, 2024. (Lokman Vral Elibor/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Allred has also been an active supporter of providing a path to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States illegally, and in an August 2018 interview on the then-left-wing podcast expressed his views. Millennial politics.
In the interview, Allred said the country needs “comprehensive immigration reform that provides a path to citizenship,” and described such policies as “humane,” especially for the National Security Agency. In response to a question from , he did not deny that he supports the possibility of decriminalizing illegal immigration. host.
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“I think it all comes down to comprehensive reforms that show us the path we need to take, including what the path to citizenship looks like and how we implement it. included,” Allred said.
Despite historic numbers of immigrants entering the United States and growing turmoil over human trafficking and drug trafficking, Allred’s seeming relaxed approach to the border has changed in the recent past. continues.
Last year he opposed HR 2494A bill that would make assaulting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other emergency responder a deportable crime. HR 3941a bill that would prohibit federally funded school facilities from housing illegal immigrants.
Congressman Colin Allred (D-Texas) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke out on Capitol Hill about allegations of abuse by Congressman Harold Rogers (Ky.-New York) against Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-N.Y.). Addressing the media on the House steps. Ohio State, Tuesday, February 8, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
Both bills passed the Republican-controlled House, but are currently stalled in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Additionally, a report published last year by the Daily Caller cited video footage of Allred from 2018 in which he called the border wall “racist” and called for it to come down.
“I’m telling you, if they’re going to build a racist wall, it’s my generation that’s going to tear it down. We’re not going to build a wall in this country,” Allred said.
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In another video cited by the outlet, Allred said: “I want to talk briefly about this wall of racism. The symbol of this country should not be a fence with barbed wire on top. “I must continue to be the Statue of Liberty. I will do that.” ”
“We are not going to waste billions of dollars on racist campaign promises, and we are not going to turn the symbols of this country into walls with barbed wire,” he added.
When asked for comment, Allred told FOX News Digital, “Our immigration system is broken, and the way to fix it is to secure our borders, put more resources into our Border Patrol and our border communities. We need real solutions that create a path to citizenship for those who dream of it.” Reforming the system to better meet the needs of our economy. ”
“Given the opportunity to actually do something, Ted Cruz politicized a bipartisan border security bill supported by the Border Security Coalition,” he added.
FOX News Digital also reached out to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for comment.
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