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DOJ threatens to sue Texas over anti-illegal immigration law; Abbott prepared for Supreme Court fight

The Biden administration on Thursday threatened to sue Texas if it moves forward with a new anti-illegal immigration law signed this month by Gov. Greg Abbott – but the Republican governor says he is prepared to take the fight to the Supreme Court. Abbott signed the legislation, SB 4, this month, which allows law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants and allows state judges to order them removed from the country.

Trump disqualified from Maine 2024 Republican primary ballot

Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday disqualified former President Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot.  In her ruling, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows cited Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which bans from office those who “engaged in insurrection.”  Bellows made the ruling after some state residents, including a bipartisan group of former lawmakers, challenged Trump’s position on the ballot.