Joe Biden’s DOJ is now threatening to sue the state of Texas over a new law that gives law enforcement the authority to arrest illegals for entering the state of Texas illegally.

The new law also empowers judges to order the removal of these illegals.

Here’s more via the Houston Chronicle:

The Department of Justice is warning Gov. Greg Abbott that it will sue if Texas moves forward with legislation empowering state officials to remove people from the U.S. who they suspect of being in the country illegally.

The new legislation, which Abbott signed into law earlier this month, is unconstitutional and will disrupt the federal government’s immigration enforcement operations, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton wrote in a letter to the governor obtained by Hearst Newspapers.

The letter says that if Abbott does not confirm the state will forgo enforcement of the law by Wednesday, “the United States will pursue all appropriate legal remedies to ensure that Texas does not interfere with the functions of the federal government.”

The law, set to take effect in March, would allow any law enforcement officer in Texas to arrest migrants accused of unlawfully entering the state from Mexico and empower judges to order their removal.

It is a major escalation of Abbott’s border security initiative, Operation Lone Star, and has been cast by the governor and other Texas Republicans as an invitation for the Supreme Court to revisit longstanding precedent leaving immigration enforcement solely to the federal government.

Abbott did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday.

I’m glad Abbott is pushing ahead with this new law in conjunction with his busing program. Hopefully the challenge to this new law will end up at the Supreme Court and they’ll make a different ruling than when the governor of Arizona decided to deal with her state’s border issues back when Obama was president.