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I honestly believe this admin is *hoping* for a terrorist attack to both rally around the flag and have a pretext for domestic crackdowns leading into the midterms. No other explanation for this insanity.
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![OPINION AND ORDER
Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division
of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This
tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not even
the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one
state's militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such
a suggestion "inflammatory," and stating "it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." But Plaintiffs contend that such
an event has come to pass, and argue that National Guard troops from both Illinois and Texas
have been deployed to Illinois because the President of the United States wants to punish state elected officials whose policies are different from his own.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiefrnejknswedhhz5os4kxytyubcriulytg64k2ims446uxsscsla)
![Plaintiffs’ direct and circumstantial evidence cannot be ignored. Secretary Noem has
described immigration as an “invasion happening on purpose . . . to remake the foundation of this
country.” ECF 18-15 at 7:14–15. Moreover, at her confirmation hearing, on January 15, 2025,
Secretary Noem stated that TPS “has been abused and manipulated by the Biden administration.”
ECF 18-14 at 104:18–19. Before reviewing any country conditions reports, Secretary Noem also
stated that TPS “will no longer be allowed . . . extensions going forward the way that they are,” id.
at 104:19–21, and commented that TPS was “an immigration scheme[] that make[s] Americans
less safe,” ECF 44-2. When describing what was “seen in different states,” the Secretary stated
that there were “gangs doing damage and harming the individuals and the people that live there.”
Id. at 104:24–25; 105:1–2. After meeting with the Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs, the
Secretary described the need for “migration management” and “reparation flights.” ECF 18-17.
Her agency broadly described individuals with TPS as “poorly vetted migrants” that included
“MS-13 gang members to known terrorists and murderers.” ECF 18-18.
These statements reflect the Secretary’s animus against immigrants and the TPS program
even though individuals with TPS hold lawful status—a protected status that was expressly
conferred by Congress with the purpose of providing humanitarian relief. See 8 U.S.C. §
1254a(c); H.R. 101-244 at 8; H.R. 101-245 at 11–12. Their presence is not a crime.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreicupkvb57bx7mc6k6okukwrrsolao7ujgsqndmmhfsl5aiyf7k3fi)
