Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking an Illinois court to force the arrest and return of Texas House Democrats who left the state to block Republicans from redrawing congressional districts in their favor — a move that Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says is illegal.

"The reality is that all that he has said — [U.S. Senator from Texas John] Cornyn — is that the FBI has been authorized to locate the Texas House Democrats. Nothing more. And you know why? Because there is no federal law that allows them to arrest Texas Democrats who are here visiting the state of Illinois," Pritzker said.

Legal experts tell Scripps News if the FBI gets involved in trying to bring lawmakers from other states back into Texas, that could be problematic because there is no real federal issue at play.

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