Every time Texas does something to secure its border, the Biden administration files a lawsuit. Texas put floating barriers in the Rio Grande to discourage migrants from crossing — the Biden administration sued to have them removed under some bogus argument that Texas was building a structure without the supervision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Texas put up razor wire — the feds came in with wire cutters. A federal judge intervened and ordered the Biden administration to stop cutting the razor wire fencing — but the judge didn't say anything about using construction equipment to lift the fencing so immigrants could just walk under it.
Texas is still fighting for its border. Earlier this week, the Texas National Guard seized Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, the site of massive illegal crossings. The National Guard restricted entry to the U.S. Border Patrol, saying that they "perpetuate illegal crossings."
NEW: The Texas Military Department confirms the TX National Guard has seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass (city property where mass illegal crossings are), and is restricting Border Patrol from accessing the area, saying the Feds “perpetuate illegal crossings”. This is… pic.twitter.com/29UqFmWDsx
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 12, 2024
NEW: The Texas Military Department confirms the TX National Guard has seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass (city property where mass illegal crossings are), and is restricting Border Patrol from accessing the area, saying the Feds “perpetuate illegal crossings”. This is the area where Border Patrol has been cutting TX razor wire. Razor wire and fences are now deployed to block the area off from the public and federal government. Attached video is from our crew on the ground this morning as they began blocking it off.
You can expect DOJ to sue Texas over this.
Texas Military Department statement:
“The Texas National Guard has maintained a presence with security points and temporary barrier in Shelby Park since 2021. The current posture is to prepare for future illegal immigrant surges and to restrict access to organizations that perpetuate illegal immigrant crossings in the park and greater Eagle Pass area.”
I reached out to CBP/Border Patrol in the sector for comment hours ago - no response yet.
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The Border Control union said it was fine with the arrangement.
NEW: The Border Patrol union confirms to me that agents are being blocked by Texas soldiers, and the union is praising Abbott for seizing control. @BPUnion statement:
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 12, 2024
“Governor Abbott is not harming Border Patrol operations, he is enhancing them. His seizing control of Shelby…
NEW: The Border Patrol union confirms to me that agents are being blocked by Texas soldiers, and the union is praising Abbott for seizing control. @BPUnion statement: “Governor Abbott is not harming Border Patrol operations, he is enhancing them. His seizing control of Shelby Park allows our agents to deploy to troubled spots that experience high numbers of gotaways. Governor Abbott’s actions should be seen as a force multiplier.”
A force multiplier … nice.
The city of Eagle Pass also confirms that its mayor was notified by @TxDPS that TX was taking control of Shelby Park as a result of @GovAbbott emergency declaration. pic.twitter.com/Rbx8bKuNnI
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 12, 2024
Of course, the Justice Department went into action immediately.
NEW: In overnight DOJ filing, Feds confirm that the TX National Guard “has deployed armed soldiers and vehicles to block federal gov from accessing the river” in Eagle Pass, & TX informed them no BP agents will be allowed to enter Shelby Park “in any operational capacity”.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 12, 2024
This… pic.twitter.com/vzIOnCL63i
NEW: In overnight DOJ filing, Feds confirm that the TX National Guard “has deployed armed soldiers and vehicles to block federal gov from accessing the river” in Eagle Pass, & TX informed them no BP agents will be allowed to enter Shelby Park “in any operational capacity”.
This is a significant escalation by Texas after Feds fought to remove TX water barriers and razor wire, & DOJ is suing TX over its new border security law. This is potentially setting up to be the biggest state vs federal fight in a very long time.
The National Guard is just doing the president's job for him — securing the border.
Multiple sanctuary cities and states have banned federal immigration officers from city/county/state courthouses and other public property for years. So this appears legally sound.
— ScottG. 🇺🇸 (@2scottsherG) January 12, 2024
This needs to be the strategy moving forward for the entire southern border.
— Scott Mitchell (@ScottMit99) January 12, 2024
If the Biden controlled BP is going to help facilitate border crossings, they’re complicit in the illegal activity and should to be treated as such.
I'll say the quiet part out loud:
— Patriotic Kitty 🇺🇸 (@Kittaene) January 12, 2024
Q) Why should the Texas National Guard be called upon to secure our Border, from the Federal Government? 🤔
A) The Feds want our border to be compromised! Period!
Does the DOJ request for relief include "let us back in so we can open the border"?
— Julie Hamill (@hamill_law) January 12, 2024
Im not sure how these CBP agents can look themselves in the mirror. Their job is literally to prevent this and they have completely opened the border up….against their training
— J Hans (@blackhawkce457) January 12, 2024
This is amazing that Texas is standing up against a regime that is knowingly and purposefully breaking our own immigration laws.
— Sir Chugs (@vitale1776) January 12, 2024
Looks like we are getting closer to the abyss and to a think it is because our federal government will not perform its constitutional duty and protect our borders.
— James Borgstrom (@BorgstromJames) January 13, 2024
Steps to secession underway.
— Buck Johnson (@buckrebel) January 12, 2024
The people support Texas. The feds have at best failed in their duty to protect the border and at worst are treasonous. I hope other states commit resources to support Texas in their stand.
— Kyle (@total_twit69) January 12, 2024
Notice the quickness of this filing. This is an extreme willingness to facilitate illegal immigration.
— Royal (@artilectium) January 12, 2024
Why is the federal government doing this? It's almost as if they're saying, "we're creating an invasion and you will not stop us."
Name one action the Biden administration has taken that disproves the claim that it's intentionally letting millions of illegals invade. Just last month, the Biden Justice Department said it would sue Texas if it went ahead with a "far-right" and "extremist" law empowering state officials to remove people from the U.S. who they suspect of being in the country illegally.
We applaud Texas for keeping the Justice Department busy with legal filings.
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