US EditionPritzker on GOP’s FBI arrest threats: ‘Texas law does not apply’ in Illinois
ILLINOIS, AUG 10 – Texas Democratic lawmakers fled to block redistricting and face arrest threats and surveillance claims while Illinois officials maintain Texas law does not apply there.
- Texas House Democrats fled Texas over a week ago to Illinois and other blue states to break quorum and block a GOP redistricting plan in 2025.
- They left in protest of what they claim is a manipulated redistricting plan designed to undermine the voting power of Texas’s communities of color.
- On Monday in Illinois, the Democrats held a press conference where they accused federal authorities of monitoring their families, and despite threats of arrest from Texas Governor Abbott, they continued to refuse returning to Texas.
- FBI Director Kash Patel approved aid to locate or arrest these lawmakers, but Illinois Governor Pritzker said no federal law justifies their arrest in Illinois and welcomed them openly.
- This standoff has delayed the Texas legislative session, escalated legal efforts like petitions filed in Adams County, Illinois, and intensified accusations of threats to democracy on both sides.
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'We are public enemy number one': Lawmakers say their 'families are being watched' by FBI
During a press conference in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, several Texas Democratic state legislators accused federal law enforcement of surveilling their families in their absence. When asked by a reporter if their "families are being watched" by the FBI or law enforcement back in Texas, every Democratic representative raised their hand. State Rep. Josey Garcia (D) said: “What’s happening right now is criminal. None of us have committed a crime…
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