The state of Texas and a free market policy group sued the Biden administration Tuesday in response to Border Patrol agents being directed to cut concertina wire fencing erected by state officers in Eagle Pass, Texas, to help secure the southern border.
Border Patrol agents first cut the wire on Sept. 20 in a heavily trafficked area in Eagle Pass, which Texas Border Czar Mike Banks recorded on video.
" The lawsuit lists instances when Border Patrol agents cut Texas' concertina wire, each time "admitting an unknown number of aliens through the hole.
Plaintiff has not placed concertina wire on any federal land near Eagle Pass." The lawsuit asks the court to block federal agents from destroying Texas property, the concertina wire, and to rule the federal government doesn't have the statutory authority to destroy Texas' property.
Abbott has maintained that Texas has the sovereign authority to defend its border and prevent illegal entry into Texas.
After the Fifth Circuit handed Texas a win in the federal marine barrier lawsuit, Abbott said Texas will "continue to utilize every strategy to secure the border, including deploying Texas National Guard soldiers and Department of Public Safety troopers and installing strategic barriers.
Our battle to defend Texas' sovereign authority to protect lives from the chaos caused by President Biden's open border policies has only begun.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_e75d983a-72b7-11ee-8b07-3b8b2bfc83eb.html
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