On Monday, a federal judge issued an emergency Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Biden administration. This order effectively blocks the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from “disassembling, degrading, or tampering” with concertina wire barriers that have been installed along the Texas border.
As previously reported by Breaking Digest, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and various federal agencies and officials on Tuesday.
The lawsuit is in response to Border patrol agents, under Joe Biden’s direction, cutting down razor wire installed by Texas, in order to allow illegal aliens to enter the United States.
Paxton stated, “Today, I filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration regarding their cutting razor wire at the border. Texas is and will continue to be America’s greatest backstop to the failures of the federal government.”
BREAKING: Today, I filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration regarding their cutting razor wire at the border. Texas is and will continue to be America's greatest backstop to the failures of the federal government. https://t.co/rfzJWYqYxH
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) October 24, 2023
“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 deterrence efforts, leaving gaps in Texas’s border barriers and damaging Texas’s ability to effectively deter illegal entry into Texas,” according to the press release.
“With this lawsuit, Attorney General Paxton seeks to end this ongoing, unlawful practice which undermines Texas’s border security efforts. Texas is asking the court to enjoin the federal defendants from continuing to destroy and damage private property—without statutory authority and in violation of federal law,” it added.
Click here to read the filing.
Texas Assistant Attorney General Robert Henneke revealed that in response to the lawsuit, the Biden administration has ramped up its efforts to remove border security measures in Texas. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used a forklift tractor to disassemble a razor-wire barrier along the Texas border. This maneuver enabled 310 individuals to illegally enter the United States.
🔥🚨 UPDATE: In response to our lawsuit, #BidenAdministration @DHSgov has doubled down using a forklift tractor to dismantle the #Texas razor wire barrier allowing 310 people to enter illegally. @TXAG & @TPPF have filed an immediate TRO motion seeking emergency relief from the… https://t.co/LntiboMpP8 pic.twitter.com/iJXzYogjhx
— Robert Henneke (@robhenneke) October 27, 2023
In reaction to this, the Texas Attorney General and the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) filed a motion for an emergency Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on Friday, seeking immediate relief from the Court.
“Plaintiff the State of Texas respectfully requests the Court to enter an order temporarily restraining Defendants from damaging, destroying, or otherwise interfering with Texas’s concertina wire fence while it adjudicates the pending preliminary-injunction motion—or grant that motion due to Defendants’ escalation of its misconduct. Alternatively, the Court should issue a stay of Defendants’ policy doing the same, pending judicial review,” according to the court documents.
On Monday, Judge Alia Moses issued an emergency Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Biden administration, instructing the administration to immediately cease the removal of razor wire on the Texas borders.
Federal judge orders Biden Admin to stop cutting razor wire along Texas-Mexico border.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) October 30, 2023
Another win for Texas & our historic border mission.
Biden created this crisis & has tried to block us at every turn.
Attorney General Paxton & I are pushing back.https://t.co/b0xhFaSCqJ
This temporary restraining order is set to expire on November 13, 2023, at 9:30 a.m., unless a subsequent court order extends this duration.
According to the court order, “Until November 13, 2023 at 9:30 a.m., the Defendants shall be enjoined from: (1) removing the property from its present location for any reason other than to provide or obtain emergency medical aid, as noted above; (2) concealing the property in any way; (3) offering the property for sale, rent, or use to any person, business, or entity; (4) selling or otherwise transferring the property in whole or in part; (5) encumbering the property in any way; (6) scrapping the property; (7) disposing of the property in any way; (8) disassembling, degrading, tampering with, or transforming the property in any way for any reason other than to provide or obtain emergency medical as noted in this order; and (9) failing to take all steps necessary to protect the property against damage or loss of any kind.”
You can read the full order here.
