Biden Loses In Court – Effort To Remove Border Razor Wire Blocked

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The Biden administration’s attempt to remove the razor wire that Texas put up at the border has been blocked.

Just The News reported:

A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the Biden administration’s efforts to remove razor wire that was put up by Texas officials along its border with Mexico.

State officials sued the administration last year after Border Patrol agents were ordered to cut the wired fencing in Eagle Pass, that was implemented as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star.

The Biden administration argued that it had sovereign immunity and later claimed the wire had impeded federal efforts to rescue two illegal immigrants who drowned at the beginning of the year, while the appeals process played out. But Texas has disputed the argument that the fencing harmed efforts to save the migrants, according to CNN.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration’s arguments on sovereign immunity on Wednesday, and agreed with a lower court’s ruling that the state’s actions “had only a marginal effect on Border Patrol’s access and had nothing to do with the drownings.”

Two Trump-appointed judges ruled in favor of Texas while a Biden-appointed judge dissented.

CNN reported:

Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez, a Biden appointee, dissented from the majority opinion, which was written by Judge Kyle Duncan and joined by Judge Don Willett, both Trump appointees.

The case is one of several ongoing immigration-related court fights between Texas and the Biden administration that may see a change in the Justice Department’s posture once President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The Trump team has indicated that it wants to collaborate with Texas on its efforts at the border as part of the incoming administration’s plans for broader immigration crackdown.