Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced on Monday that he would be filing a lawsuit against Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden. He cited the government’s failure to produce records concerning the transportation of illegal immigrants into his state. “We have reason to believe they are deliberately flying illegal aliens from the border into our cities,” he said in a post on social media. “Not on my watch.”
According to a report from news publication Turkiye Today, “Bailey’s lawsuit fits the continuous national discussions on border security and immigration policy. The Missouri Attorney General argues that the activities of the federal government compromise local government and overburden state resources. The Biden government has not yet answered Bailey’s claims. This lawsuit can deepen the political and legal conflicts over American immigration policies.”
Bailey’s social media post about the new lawsuit has attracted considerable attention, amassing 3.7 million views on the platform. The outcome of this legal action could significantly influence how other states address similar issues. As noted in the report, the transportation of illegal immigrants from the border to various states has been a contentious topic from the start, particularly due to perceived inaction by federal authorities. Bailey’s lawsuit may compel the federal government to disclose details and the extent of these activities within Missouri.
?BREAKING: I am filing suit against @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris for REFUSING to turn over documents about the flying of illegal immigrants into Missouri.
We have reason to believe they are deliberately flying illegal aliens from the border into our cities.
Not on my watch.
— Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) July 29, 2024
“This case emphasizes the larger dispute over immigration policy and border security enforcement between federal and state authorities. Should Bailey’s lawsuit be successful, it might inspire other states to launch like-minded lawsuits and demand more federal government openness on immigration rules. The case will probably garner significant media coverage and have an impact on the national conversation on immigration reform. Emphasizing the need for more responsibility and respect of state sovereignty, Attorney General Bailey has positioned himself as a strong opponent of the immigration policy of the Biden administration,” the outlet’s report added.
Last week, a noted conservative legal group led by former Trump administration officials has launched a series of investigations into Harris after she was essentially anointed the 2024 Democratic Party nominee after Biden quit his reelection bid earlier.
Harris’ history of controversial legal actions while she served as the attorney general of California is coming back into the spotlight as her campaign for the presidency gains momentum. From arresting parents whose kids frequently skipped school to backing a bail fund that released dangerous Black Lives Matter protesters from prison in 2020, Harris’ methods in dealing with criminal matters are being closely examined again, Fox News reported on Thursday.
America First Legal (AFL), a nonprofit conservative legal watchdog group, launched seven investigations into Harris’ prosecutorial background on Thursday afternoon. The group alleges that Harris “has proven to be the most radically progressive Vice President in American history.”
“A lot of her tough-on-crime reputation goes to her prosecution when she was San Francisco DA, individuals who use marijuana and other sorts of things,” Dan Epstein, president of AFL, told Fox News Digital. “Our investigation, however, makes it very clear that Kamala Harris does not believe much in terms of statutes passed by legislatures, including the Federal United States, Congress, as well as the state of California.”
Fox added:
Through public records requests to the California Attorney General’s Office, AFL is investigating Harris for failure to comply with federal donor privacy laws; failure to enforce federal immigration laws; failure to pursue equal justice; failure to disclose conflicts of interest; failure to address evidence of misconduct; the nature of probes by the California Fair Practices Commission; and potential cover-up of misconduct evidence.
“And so those are really our probes of her not following the rule of law and bending it for a political objective,” Epstein added. “We also probe numerous kind of potential ethics issues and failures to disclose conflicts of interest, allowing her own staff as attorney general to engage in fraud and not kind of overseeing that.”
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