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The Center Square [by Cole Lauterbach] –
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has fired the opening salvo in the anticipated legal fight over President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Brnovich filed the lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court of Arizona, claiming Biden’s mandate violates the Equal Protection Clause by favoring migrants who can decline the vaccine, “protecting their freedom and bodily autonomy more than American citizens’.”
“The federal government cannot force people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Biden Administration is once again flouting our laws and precedents to push their radical agenda,” Brnovich said in a statement. “There can be no serious or scientific discussion about containing the spread of COVID-19 that doesn’t begin at our southern border.”
Biden announced the prominent aspects of his COVID-19 plan last week, saying all federal employees and those who do business with the federal government, in addition to any private employer with 100 or more workers, must be vaccinated as a condition of employment or face rigorous testing.
Although it’s not yet active, Brnovich’s lawsuit directly contrasts the coming mandate with the lack of a similar requirement for immigrants who enter the U.S. from Mexico.
“In a nutshell: unauthorized aliens will not be subject to any vaccination requirements even when released directly into the United States (where most will remain), while roughly a hundred million U.S. citizens will be subject to unprecedented vaccination requirements,” the lawsuit said.
Brnovich estimated 1 in 5 immigrants who illegally cross the southern border are infected with COVID-19.
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Brnovich’s complaint also calls out White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain for retweeting a statement regarding how the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandate is the “ultimate work-around” for a federal COVID-19 vaccination requirement.
The U.S. Border Patrol estimated more than 212,000 people crossed the border into the U.S. illegally in July.
Brnovich is running as a Republican for U.S. Senate.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday he also plans to sue Biden over the mandate.
About the Author: Cole Lauterbach is a regional editor for The Center Square covering Arizona, California, Oregon, and Washington. For more than a decade, Cole has produced award-winning content on both radio and television. Follow Cole on Twitter @colemanedwards.
2 Responses
It’s not a right of Illegal immigrants to enter the US, its a privilege to immigrane to the US and they should be held to a high standard or refused entrance. The Delta mutation started in the SW part of the US, swept across the US and is now our second Pandemic
Lol there is no second pandemic. There wasn’t a first one. It was equivalent to a rough flu season.