Texas sues Biden administration seeking to stop federal agents from cutting razor wire on border

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 6:29 PM EDT, October 24, 2023


McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas sued the Biden administration on Tuesday, seeking to stop federal agents from cutting the state’s razor wire that has gashed or snagged migrants as they have attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico at the Rio Grande.

In the lawsuit filed in federal court in Del Rio, Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton accuses the Biden administration of “undermining” the state’s border security efforts. “Texas has the sovereign right to construct border barriers to prevent the entry of illegal aliens,” Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, said in a news release Tuesday.

State authorities started rolling out miles (kilometers) of the concertina wire in May before the end of Title 42, a temporary emergency health authority used to turn migrants back during the pandemic. The sharp wire was deployed in areas of high traffic through the Rio Grande at the border near such locations as Brownsville and Eagle Pass, Texas.

Migrant and environmental advocates quickly raised concerns over the damaging effects of the razor wire, which were also raised internally by those charged with enforcing its use. A state trooper and medic described the use of their border tactics as “inhumane” in July when he sent an internal complaint documenting cases of lacerated and injured migrants.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/texas-border-razor-wire-immigration-lawsuit-bddc6b9f8ec2a2ef93511e619b842b96

[Walleye]

1. Someone please ask Paxton if we have the "sovereign" right to outlaw guns in our state

We have too many shootings. Screw the constitution outlaw guns. We have as much right as Texas does

[OldBaldy1701E]

2. Texas has a sovereign nothing when the feds step in.

But, I like how he got that word in there. Must be really appealing to his base.

[Lovie777]

3. Could be prelude to wire fences all across Texas borders to......................

neighboring states trying to keep those pesky immigrants from coming in while trying to keep women from leaving the state re: abortion.

Texas already have wire fences between them and New Meixco.

[moonshinegnomie]

4. the biden admin needs to start dropping boxes of wire cutters across the border

[Magoo48]

5. There are reports of multiple species of fascist trolls strutting out of their collective caves being reported across DU

Texas goddamn!

[Wonder Why]

6. Paxton in front of the judge:

Paxton: "Your honor, we only want the right to watch the immigrants suffer and die before floating down the river. What's the big deal?"

Texas Judge: "But didn't we Texans always cut the barbed wire that the farmers put up so we could drive our cattle over their land? I saw that in the old westerns."

Paxton: "That was different. We were trying to keep the cattle from getting hurt! We didn't want them to die before they got to the slaughterhouses. They always shot the old man with the poor niece who loved the so-called hero. It was always just frontier justice and perfectly okay."

Texas Judge: "So cattle are better than humans? Is that what you are saying?"

Paxton: "They are immigrants who might pollute our locals by intermarrying them. Then they'll have abortions or kids that need schools."

Texas Judge: "Now I understand. The judgement is for the Plaintiff, the Sovereign state of Texas."