Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into the city of Dallas, questioning whether the police are breaking state law by refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
“The law is not optional. Local governments do not have the authority to disregard state and federal immigration laws,” Paxton said in a news release announcing the probe.
Newsweek has contacted the Dallas Police Department for further comment via email outside office hours.
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Texas became a flash point in the national conversation around immigration as state forces and Border Patrol tackled thousands of illegal crossings by immigrants along the southern border under the Biden administration…