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Immigration Legal, Laws, and Regs

US vs Abbott Amended Complaint

Pet case update time again. US vs Abbott The US has asked the court’s permission to file an amended complaint. I’ve attached a link to the redlined version showing the changes. I wondered why in the hell the US lawyers didn’t including the Mexican treaty in the original complaint. That should take priority over the […]

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Immigration Legal, Laws, and Regs

US vs Abbott and filing flurry

A flurry of filings in my pet case, US v Abbott, related to Texas’ appeal. In the Texas brief, Abbott brags about all the arrests related to Operation Lone Star. Which means it’s a good time to also bring up the ProPublica piece that made mincemeat of these claims. The rest of Abbott’s filing is […]

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US vs Abbott and preliminary hearing

Re: my pet case, US vs Abbott The three panel Fifth circuit judges have scheduled a hearing for October 5th on the appeal of Judge Ezra’s preliminary injunction. In the meantime, the IBWC did another survey of the buoy locations after Texas did a middle of the night move on them once it was discovered […]

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Immigration Legal, Laws, and Regs

US vs Abbott and a disappointing Fifth Circuit

Disappointed that the Fifth decided to let Abbott keep his killing buoys in place until oral arguments. I can understand it. If they had decided to force Abbott to move the buoys, Abbott would have gone to the Supreme Court, and it’s likely SCOTUS would have decided in Abbott’s favor. But it’s Mickey Mouse law. […]

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Immigration Legal, Laws, and Regs

US vs Abbott Preliminary Injunction

Regarding my current pet court case, US vs Abbott, Judge David Ezra just ruled in favor of the US and granted the US a preliminary injunction against Texas. Texas will have to remove that inhumane barbaric barrier. I expect Texas to immediately appeal to the Fifth. It will be hard even for the monkey show […]