Ashley Moody Urges Congress to Give States More Power to Handle Immigration Matters

This week, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced she is leading a multistate coalition of 26 attorneys general pushing Congress to grant state officials the power to perform immigration functions when the federal government refuses.

“The Southwest border continues to see record-breaking numbers of inadmissible immigrants flooding in—more than 7 million illegal immigrants have walked freely into the country since Biden took office—including more than 280 individuals encountered on the terrorist watchlist since fiscal year 2021. The most recent statistics released by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol show 269,735 migrant encounters in September alone,” Moody’s office noted.

Moody took aim at the Biden administration on Monday.

“On day one, Biden began intentionally dismantling our public safety immigration structure. President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have outright ignored federal law, and we have uncovered numerous ‘secret plans’ to allow for the mass release of unvetted and inadmissible migrants. This is not only in direct conflict with federal law, but it has also put Americans’ safety in jeopardy. Deadly fentanyl is freely flowing into our country with the cartels maintaining operational control of the border, killing hundreds of thousands of our citizens,” said Moody.