Texas Erects New Border Barrier as Dispute Rages
12th January 2024
The Texas National Guard this week erected new barriers along part of the state’s border with Mexico blocking access for U.S. Border Patrol agents, the federal government said in a Friday court filing.
The move by Texas comes amid an escalating conflict between the Republican state government and the Democrat administration of President Joe Biden over migration.
Lawyers for the Biden administration told the U.S. Supreme Court in their filing that Texas’ “activities have changed the situation along the relevant stretch of the Rio Grande.” They added that the additional barriers in and around Eagle Pass, Texas “further restricts Border Patrol’s ability to reach the river in particular areas.”
More to the point, it restricts the illegal immigrants’ ability to reach Texas in particular areas, which the Border Patrol seems unwilling to do.