The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to cut and remove razor wire fencing along the southern Texas border, according to a court filing Tuesday. new york post report.
Just weeks ago, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Texas and ruled to prevent the federal government from tearing down the state's fence. The court's December ruling reversed a lower court's earlier order and allowed the administration to remove the barrier.
The legal battle over the razor wire fence began in October when Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Biden's Department of Homeland Security, CBP and Border Patrol, Blaze News previously reported. Ta.
Paxton accused the Biden administration of failing to protect the southern border and “undermining Texas' efforts to stem the flow of illegal immigration.” He said the installation of Texas' concertina wire barrier was an attempt to “fill the gap created by federal inaction.”
On Tuesday, the Biden administration took the dispute to the Supreme Court, seeking to overturn a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that blocked federal agents from tampering with the fence.
“Federal law clearly authorizes Border Patrol agents to enter private property within 25 miles of the border without a warrant,” the Justice Department's petition to the Supreme Court states.
“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,” the filing continued. “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.”
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott responded to the Department of Justice's petition regarding: X “I'll see you in court,” he said Tuesday.
Abbott added: “The United States and the courts will reject Biden's hostility to immigration law.” “Texas will continue to deploy its National Guard to build its border wall and repel illegal immigration.”
separately post Abbott declared Wednesday that Texas will continue installing razor wire fences despite his administration's efforts to remove them.
The Biden administration recently threatened to sue Texas over the signature. senate bill 4 This will allow local authorities to arrest, prosecute and deport immigrants who enter the country illegally, Blaze News previously reported.
Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton told Abbott that the bill is “preempted and violates the U.S. Constitution.”
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