The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to permit Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire at the U.S. border with Mexico that Texas officials constructed to prevent migrant crossings.
The big picture: The Justice Department's filing of an emergency motion is the latest turn in a legal stoush between the Biden administration and officials in the Republican-led state, which follows an appeals court last month temporarily blocking the removal of the wire.
Driving the news: Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar asked the justices to pause the recent ruling, saying Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has "The power and duty to control and guard the boundaries" and borders of the U.S. What they're saying: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded to the filing on Tuesday in a post to X saying: "See you in court."
Zoom out: Texas officials installed miles of barriers using barbed wire and buoys along the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass in response to record numbers of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border last year.
Go deeper: Biden administration says official border crossings are reopening this week
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/03/biden-supreme-court-texas-border-razor-wire-cut-request-doj
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