Biden DHS asks Supreme Court to let border agents cut Texas's razor-wire fence | Just The News
By: Ben Whedon (Just The News)
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Under Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, the Lone Star State has conducted its own efforts to independently combat illegal entry into the U.S., and recently made illegal entry into Texas a state crime.
The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to permit it to cut a razor-wire fence the state of Texas placed along the Mexican border.
The government has argued that the fence interferes with federal border enforcement activities and that the fence presents a safety risk to illegal immigrants crossing the border through the Rio Grande river, the Washington Times reported. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Texas and ordered that that DHS not cut the fence except in the event of a medical emergency.
The 110-mile fence is made of concertina wire placed on the riverbank and runs through state and private property.
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, in the filing, urged the Supreme Court to permit DHS to cut the fence, arguing that "[u]nder the Supremacy Clause, state law cannot be applied to restrain those federal agents from carrying out their federally authorized activities."
The legal battle is part of an ongoing spat between Texas state officials and federal border enforcement amid an unprecedented surge in illegal border crossings. Under Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, the Lone Star State has conducted its own efforts to independently combat illegal entry into the U.S., and recently made illegal entry into Texas a state crime.
Abbott signed the law in December, permitting state law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants and state judges to order their deportation. The Biden administration has threatened to sue the state should it enforce the measure.
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I see that the Biden Administration is trying to open the border even more.
Their argument before the Court will be that only the federal government gets to enforce immigration law...even though they are intent on not doing it.
In order to make that argument, they have to, first, enforce immigration law. To date, Traitor Joe's administration has done everything but.
Eric Holder if you recall sued the border states making that argument. I will admit that the Obama administration was a lot more sophisticated with how they "enforced/didn't enforce" immigration law.
The difference is that the Obama administration was doing something. Traitor Joe, on the other hand hasn't done anything. They've reversed every decision for border security giving us what we have now.
You are correct. One was discreet and the other blatantly obvious.
HELL NO!!!
Maybe it's time for a little refresher. A sanctuary city is where local law enforcement has been prohibited from working with ICE. Immigration sanctuary is deliberately intended to interfere with Federal immigration enforcement activities. Sanctuary city status doesn't have anything to do with housing illegal immigrants; that's a separate issue covered by different local laws.
The Biden administration has already accepted interference with immigration activities as business as usual. Biden certainly isn't challenging the sanctuary status of cities. So, DHS begging the courts to intervene in this situation is nothing more than a political stunt.
And Biden continues to lie directly to the face of the the American people about how he’s doing everything he can to solve the problem and republicans are blocking him
“One nice thing about the benefit of long experience with la frontera is that we in Texas don't have to run around getting all hysterical about immigrants. The border is porous. When you want cheap labor, you open it up; when you don't, you shut it down. It works to our benefit - it always has.” ~ Molly Ivins
Ask New York and Chicago how much that "cheap labor" is costing them.