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.
He beat the POTATUS the first time.
The election was stolen.
A coup then took place.
I’ve had that same thing told to me over and over here.
My answer is then why are we even having arguments over nominations if it’s already pre-ordained? Why is Trump even trying to get the nomination if he knows it was stolen and will be stolen again?
No I don’t know for certain it was stolen or not.
Comments BUMP! INVADERS superior to state and individual sovereignty? EVIL individuals on USSC.
They are both fools.
These are the people and those like them who should be leading this nation.
Roberts, Barrett, and the rest of these profoundly misguided "justices" are fools, profoundly confused intellectually and morally, and they should be in no position to influence the USA, especially at this time of dangerous national crisis.
Move it back 15 feet and make Biden sue again.
Repeat as necessary.
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You go Gov. Abbott. Keep up the good work.
Many were yelling that at their computer screens but he didn’t have anyone listening. He’s a businessman who knows the art of delegating. Hopefully, he’s learned that lesson.
If we seceded, we could pile razor wire a mile high.
Piranhas
“Gee who nominated Barrett?”
I hate Barrett. I’ve hated her from the get-go. Uppity elitist with her created designer family. Pfffft! There were many better options, but I guess she’s the one that McConnell told PDJT they would confirm.
He [John Roberts] is not unreliable. He is very reliable for the other side. He can always be counted on to side with the other side.
That goes without saying.
You know that and I know that. But this board is packed with folks who still believe in the Supreme Court as an honest institution like it used to be many many moons ago. Back when it still adhered to the Constitution.
They are still stuck in “trust” mode. “This is unconstitutional! Just wait until this gets to SCOTUS it will be struck down!”.
Yeah... Well... Don’t hold your breath, this is a new SCOTUS. And even though they throw a small bone to us now and then, where it really matters in the whole they decide for the Global Establishment and trash the Constitution.
Amen to what you just said.
Aren’t alligators still a protected species?
Reminds me of Sandra O’Connor. She was nominated as a conservative by another supposed strong conservative POTUS but ended up voting with the left about 1/4 of the time.
A RINO.
I’m starting to lose my faith in female SCOTUS.
He hasn’t proven? I think it should be worded…
Biden hasn’t proven he can beat Trump
Am I correct in saying that nothing in the ruling prevents Texas from putting up more wire?
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