The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow the Border Patrol to remove wires that state officials installed along the Texas border.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held: order In December, it blocked the government from removing the power lines while it considered Texas' appeal. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Asked The Supreme Court on Tuesday filed an emergency request to freeze the order, saying federal law gives officials the power to enter private property near the border.
“Like other law enforcement officers, Border Patrol agents who operate under difficult conditions at the border make situational, sometimes instant decisions about how to enforce federal immigration laws while maintaining public safety. A judgment must be made,” Attorney General Elizabeth Preloger wrote in the Supreme Court newspaper. Submission to court. “However, the injunction prohibits personnel from entering the very borders they are tasked with patrolling, or from passing or moving through physical obstacles erected by the state that impede access to the persons they are tasked with arresting or inspecting. There is.” (Related: Exclusive: Illegal immigrant who crosses border punches Border Patrol agent with fist)
The Biden administration has called for #scotus Texas seeks to freeze a 5th Circuit order barring the removal of bellows wire installed along the U.S.-Mexico border on the Rio Grande, in a dispute over who has authority to control migration in the area. There is.https://t.co/3IODeLzKfl
— Katie Buehler (@bykatiebuehler) January 2, 2024
In late October, Texas sued the Biden administration for cutting wires that Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott had instructed local officials to install at the border in response to a rise in illegal border crossings.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Said States have the “sovereign right to construct border walls to prevent the entry of illegal aliens.”
The Fifth Circuit also ruled in December that Texas must remove a buoy barrier installed along the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas.
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