When it comes to demonstrators shoving their way past a makeshift barrier outside the U.S. Capitol, the Biden Administration is determined to bring the maximum legal force possible against its perceived enemies. But at the far more important Mexican border, the Biden Administration has decided that no law exists at all.
Under Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ICE agents have been barred from deporting or even detaining illegal immigrants in the U.S. without explicit permission from senior leadership, unless an illegal immigrant has been convicted of certain “aggravated felonies,” is a suspected terrorist, or meets a tiny set of other possible requirements.
Earlier this month, a coalition of local sheriffs, Texas counties, and federal ICE officers teamed up to sue the Biden Administration for its willful enactment of de facto open borders. And the lawsuit is led by a familiar face to American patriots: Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Kobach is participating as general counsel for the Alliance for Free Citizens, a new non-profit group focused on litigation and state-level action as a means to achieve policy goals that put the interests of Americans first.
Revolver spoke with Kobach about his lawsuit, U.S. immigration policy, and the political future of the Republican Party. Read more…