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FIRST ON FOX: Twenty Republicans general lawyers are ready to strengthen President-elect Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, according to a joint statement led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach shared with Fox News Digital.
“The Biden administration took dozens of executive actions that weakened border controls and penalized illegal immigration from around the world,” the letter states.
“Republican attorneys general fought by taking the Biden Administration to court to end the Trump Administration’s successful immigration policies and replace them with new policies that violated the law and encouraged illegal immigration. Prosecutors Republican generals prevailed in virtually all of these laws.”
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Kansas AG Kris Kobach led a joint statement supporting President-elect Trump’s plans to crack down on illegal immigration. (Getty Images)
The general counsels say they are ready to restore Trump’s “America First” policies from the first Trump administration, particularly his “Remain in Mexico” policy and mass deportations.
“As we point out in this letter, the Stay in the politics of Mexico it’s something that’s in federal statute, and it’s been in federal statute since 1996. President Trump was the first president to actually implement this policy that was established by Congress,” Kobach told Fox News Digital in an interview
“President Trump has all the statutory tools he needs,” he added. “They’re already in the federal code, and that’s what we’re saying, too. As lawyers who have tried to stop the Biden administration from violating the law, we’re saying, “President Trumpyou have our support and you have a clear path ahead of you to renew the enforcement of our federal immigration laws.”
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The attorneys general also predict that Trump will “completely rescind the illegal.” DACA programs,“, as he promised during his first term. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) The program, introduced in 2012 by the Obama administration, allows illegal immigrants brought to the country as children, often called “Dreamers,” to remain in the country temporarily.
In addition to Kobach, attorneys general from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia and Tennessee signed the statement.
Republican attorneys general in the United States have been at the forefront file lawsuits against the Biden administration over the past four years. This month, Texas AG Ken Paxton filed his 103rd lawsuit against the outgoing administration over its energy efficiency standards for housing.
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Republicans have won several legal victories. In 2021, a coalition led by then-Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry won a preliminary injunction against the administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands. In May 2024, Paxton won a significant victory in a lawsuit alleging illegal censorship by the administration, with a federal judge denying the government’s motion to dismiss and ordering expedited discovery.
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And a federal judge recently abandoned the administration’s Title IX rule, which had expanded protections against discrimination based on gender identity, after challenges from Republican-led states.
“I think the 20 attorneys general signing this statement is about what the law is and what the law requires,” Kobach said. “And … we are very grateful and look forward to President Trump returning us to a country where the law is enforced and the restrictions that Congress has put in place are observed.”
