EA on Monocle Radio: The Courts and Texas v. Migrants and Asylum Seekers

Posted by Scott Lucas | Mar 20, 2024 | 1

A US Border Patrol agent watches over migrants waiting to be processed after crossing from Mexico into US, Eagle Pass, Texas, December 17, 2023 (John Moore/Getty)

On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court in a 6-3 vote allowed Texas Governor Greg Abbott to use State law enforcement in a campaign against migrants and asylum seekers — only for a US Appeals Court to block Abbott’s initiative hours later.

I joined Monocle Radio’s Chris Cermak to explain the power play by Abbott and the Texas legislature, trying to seize the powers of the Federal Government, and the ensuing legal manuevers.

The discussion is preceded by my spot analysis of the surprise resignation of Irish Taioseach Leo Varadkhar.

Listen from 2:17:

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.

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