(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is not acting in bad faith by reviewing an extradition request from the state of Minnesota seeking to prosecute an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accusing of shooting into a Minnesota home, a federal judge ruled.
ICE officer Christian Castro is in custody in Cameron County, Texas. Castro was arrested in May by the Texas Rangers after Minnesota prosecutors issued a warrant for his arrest on four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime. He is accused of firing into a Minneapolis home, striking a Venezuelan national’s leg, The Center Square reported.
U.S. District Court Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. said he found no evidence Abbott was acting in bad faith and was within his right to review the case to determine if Castro is eligible for extradition.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Abbott last week, asking a federal judge to require Abbott to sign the extradition order. It also asks the judge to issue a temporary restraining order to require Cameron County Sheriff Manuel Trevino not to release Castro until he’s in custody in Minnesota.
(The Center Square) – Twenty-two state attorneys general are questioning taxpayer funding of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine amid what the AGs call the group’s “sham”-like “independent review” of its much debated reference manual’s climate science chapter that was removed due to public concerns of political bias.
(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta stands by a lawsuit he’s co-leading to stop President Donald Trump's executive order on mail-in ballots.
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration will take action to protect parental rights in Kansas after an investigation revealed that three school districts in the state maintain policies to keep hidden from parents if a student asks to identify as a gender other than their biological one.
Dan McCaleb is the executive editor of The Center Square. He welcomes your comments. Contact Dan at dmccaleb@thecentersquare.com.
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