The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Texas this week, issuing an injunction blocking Border Patrol agents from cutting the razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border in the town of Eagle Pass, which stands at the center of the state’s aggressive measures to curb migrant crossings, the AP reports. The 2-1 decision by a 5th Circuit panel on Wednesday is the latest in a long-running rift over immigration policy with the Biden administration, which has also sought to remove floating barriers installed by Texas on the Rio Grande.
Despite the ongoing legal battle over the past year, Texas has not stopped installing razor wire along its roughly 1,200-mile border with Mexico. “We continue adding more razor wire border barrier,” Republican Gov. Greg Abbott posted on the social platform X in response to the ruling. Some migrants have been injured by the sharp wire, and the Justice Department has argued the barrier impedes the U.S. government’s ability to patrol the border, including coming to the aid of migrants in need of help. Texas contended in the lawsuit originally filed last year that federal government was “undermining” the state’s border security
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