Arizona's attorney general on Monday announced that his office is seeking a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration's efforts to end border wall construction and the Trump-era Remain-in-Mexico policy - claiming the moves violate environmental law.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich's office first sued the Department of Homeland Security in April, alleging the administration has not complied with its obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act when it ended border wall construction and the Remain-in-Mexico policy - which kept migrants in Mexico until their hearings were processed.
TEXAS GOV. ABBOTT SLAMS FEDS FOR 'COMPLETE ABANDONMENT' OF BORDER LAWS AMID 'UNPRECEDENTED' MIGRANT SURGE. Biden signed an order ending border wall construction on his first day in office, having campaigned on the issue.
The suit requested the U.S. District Court in Arizona void the border wall pause and reinstate Remain-in-Mexico until the government carries out a review of the environmental damage.
GAO SAYS BIDEN HALT OF BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION DOES NOT VIOLATE LAW. The AG's office cites estimates that each migrant crossing the border leaves up to 8 pounds of trash and that the state's Department of Environmental Quality found that includes human waste, medical products, vehicles and plastic containers.
The new complaint alleges the sudden termination of the policies were arbitrary and capricious and that the administration failed to prepared an environmental impact statement despite the potential impacts of the policies it says encourages immigration across the border.
BIDEN'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES HURT ENVIRONMENT? ARIZONA GREEN GROUPS REACT TO STATE AG'S LAWSUIT. "There is no doubt that the Biden Administration's immigration policies are causing a humanitarian, public safety, and environmental crisis at our border," Brnovich said in a statement.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/arizona-ag-injunction-reverse-biden-border-wall-construction
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