Posted on 01/22/2024 10:20:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The state of Texas will not give up on its efforts to secure its borders after the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government had the right to intervene.
In a ruling on Tuesday, the Supreme Court decided by a 5-4 majority that federal officials had the right to remove physical barriers erected by the Texas National Guard.
The decision vacated a previous injunction from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that prevented federal agents from cutting the wire.
However, the Texas Tribune reports that both Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton will refuse to back down over the issue and will carry on fighting to secure the southern border from the waves of illegal immigration.
“The Biden Administration has repeatedly cut wire that Texas installed to stop illegal crossings, opening the floodgates to illegal immigrants,” Andrew Mahaleris, a spokesperson for Abbott told the Tribune.
#BREAKING: By 5-4 vote, #SCOTUS *grants* Biden administration request to vacate Fifth Circuit injunction in Texas border razor-wire case; clears way for federal officials to remove physical impediments to the border.
Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh dissent.— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 22, 2024
“The absence of razor wire and other deterrence strategies encourages migrants to make unsafe and illegal crossings between ports of entry, while making the job of Texas National Guard soldiers and DPS troopers more dangerous and difficult," the spokesperson added. “This case is ongoing, and Governor Abbott will continue fighting to defend Texas' property and its constitutional authority to secure the border.”
Meanwhile, Paxton similarly warned that the “fight is not over” against the Biden administration’s unwillingness to stop the millions of people illegally entering the country each year.
“The Supreme Court’s temporary order allows Biden to continue his illegal effort to aid the foreign invasion of America,” Paxton said in a statement. “The destruction of Texas’ border barriers will not help enforce the law or keep American citizens safe. This fight is not over, and I look forward to defending our state’s sovereignty.”
The legal battle began last September when Abbott declared a state of emergency over the ongoing illegal immigration crisis, which allowed the mobilization of the Texas National Guard to help secure the border.
This was done through the putting up of miles of concertina wire as well as the placement of buoys in the Rio Grande as barriers.
After Border Patrol agents responded by tearing down parts of a wire barrier, Texas sued the Department of Homeland Security, arguing that they had vandalized state property and interfered with their efforts to enforce the law.
“By cutting Texas’s concertina wire, the federal government has not only illegally destroyed property owned by the State of Texas; it has also disrupted the State’s border security efforts, leaving gaps in Texas’s border barriers and damaging Texas’s ability to effectively deter illegal entry into its territory,” the complaint stated at the time.
Last September, The New York Post reported that a staggering 3.8 million illegal immigrants were admitted into the U.S. since Joe Biden took office in January 2021. Nearly half of those entrants have done so without detection and have yet to be apprehended.
But Amy Coney Barrett has been an absolute disappointment.
Thank you Texas!!!!!!
Alligators guys... Alligators.
The Federal Government doesn’t have the right to turn off the country’s immune system. F that.
Anyone saying take wire down, does not live with the invaders, and does not care about those who have to deal with them.
For what reason do homeowners living south, have to have their homes and their lives in danger 24/7...
Yep, self defense should always TRUMP everything else.
+1000%
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The Dems almost always Vote in Unison.
Texas is going to lose with Roberts twisting arms.
House, Senate, Govs, Courts - why do Dems tow the party line and Republicans shove each other out of the way to Vote against the Right’s Principles?
Texans must make sure that Jim Bowie, Davey Crockett, and the Alamo defenders did not die in vain. The fight must continue.
Gov. Abbott needs to find out where Roberts and Barrett send they’re kids to school and start busing illegals there. Perhaps that will enlighten their arrogant federalism.
There are no more political solutions.
Trump’s biggest fault was believing any of his advisors and liberals from places like the Federalist Society.
“The fight is not over” ISIN’t “Go to hell Supreme Court and take your decision with you”.
Purple state.
“Go to hell Supreme Court and take your decision with you”
Red state.
Gee who nominated Barrett?
Oh yeah Trump!
He was elected by MAGA, you would think he would have found SCOTUS to represent us, not the Jorge Bush crowd.
As SCOTUS fills their personal bank accounts with New World Order digital dollars...
They are bought and paid for.
Such a disgrace to American citizens when our USSC decides America CANNOT be protected from invasion???
I have a feeling, he was given lots of bad advice, not to mention who he surrounded himself with. He learned a lot - the hard way.
That’s why I find it insanely ridiculous when anyone discusses Nikki as a VP pick.
Let’s hope so, although I guess the issue is bit premature.
He has to beat Biden first, something he hasn’t proven he can do yet.
I have seen some disgraceful terminology applied to AJ Amy on this forum and do not condone that kind of language. On the other hand she should not go out of her way to earn those sorts of descriptors either. There is nothing courageous about taking a stance against the states stepping in to use their constitutional powers when the federal goverrnment fails.
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