A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order to Texas, halting the Biden administration’s efforts to cut holes in razor wire along the Texas-Mexico border.
The judge ruled in favor of Texas, stating that the state owns the wire being destroyed by federal authorities and that federal officials were trespassing without permission.
The ruling noted that Texas incurred significant costs in providing services to accommodate the influx of illegal immigrants. (Trending: Donald Trump Is A ‘Cockroach’ That Just Won’t Go Away)
Federal judge orders Biden Admin to stop cutting razor wire along Texas-Mexico border.
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
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) October 30, 2023
The judge also acknowledged Texas’ argument that the wire deters illegal activities and that the Biden administration must seek legal redress rather than taking self-help actions.
“The Court shall grant the temporary relief requested, with one important exception for any medical emergency that mostly likely results in serious bodily injury or death to a person, absent any boats or other life-saving apparatus available to avoid such medical emergencies prior to reaching the concertina wire barrier,” the ruling said.
U.S. District Chief Judge Alia Moses wrote, “Here, the Plaintiff is likely to succeed on its trespass to chattels claim. First, the Plaintiff established that it owns the concertina wires.” (Trending: Joe Biden Historic Take Down of Guns)
“Second, the Plaintiff established that the Defendants ‘actual[ly] damage[d]’ the concertina wires,” she said.
🚨 WOW: Federal judge just blocked the Biden Administration from cutting or removing razor wire along the southern border in Texas.
Another big win for Texas and @KenPaxtonTX! pic.twitter.com/6gmrab68Lu
— Congressman Troy E. Nehls (@RepTroyNehls) October 30, 2023
Video and other evidence made it clear that as Border Patrol officials removed the wire to allow illegal immigrants into Texas.
“The Defendants may continue to damage wires, which is especially likely because they damaged more property a mere day after this Motion was filed,” the judge said.
“First, the Plaintiff asserts that its use of concertina wire deters illegal entries and activities, including human trafficking, drug smuggling, and terrorist infiltration,” Moses wrote. “Second, the Plaintiff argues that the Defendants’ actions are unlawful, and that even if a lawful basis exists, the Defendants must seek redress ‘through legal proceedings, not self-help actions.’”
“Deterring unlawful activity, including illegal entry, is in the public interest,” she said.
As such, the ruling said, the Biden administration was banned from “removing the property from its present location for any reason other than to provide or obtain emergency medical aid, as noted above” as well as “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.”
The Biden administration is now banned from removing or tampering with the wire, except for emergency medical aid purposes.
A hearing on the injunction is scheduled for November 7th.
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