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Biden administration asks Supreme Court to allow border agents to cut razor wire installed by Texas

Biden administration asks Supreme Court to allow border agents to cut razor wire installed by Texas
Breaking point at the US Mexico border. As preliminary homeland security statistics show authorities encountered more than 225,000 migrants so far in December, the highest monthly total recorded in more than 20 years and from the border to cities all over the US struggling to keep up because this welcome comes at *** cost when you're talking about 10% of the budget to allocate for cities on this. That's unsustainable when we have every single hotel room in the city full of migrants that have arrived, that's unsustainable for months. Texas, Governor Greg Abbott has bussed thousands of migrants to these cities led by Democrats resulting in turmoil and straining resources. You know, at one point in the summer, we had 2530 bus is showing up every single day without any co ordination or any notification. He is now sending buses um outside of the city of Chicago in some instances, 100 miles away where people are being dropped off, they're being told that they are in the city of Chicago literally dropped off um in the middle of nowhere. Um I find that to be inhumane and unconscionable, some smaller municipalities have passed ordinances to try to stop the drop offs while the mayors of Chicago Denver and New York City are asking the federal government for help. I think much more could be done with all of our national leaders from *** decompression strategy to making sure the cost of this is not falling on the laps of everyday taxpayers in our cities. They are also demanding for co ordinated drop offs with exact times and locations to dedicate the appropriate resources. What we need is everyone that gets paroled into this country should have the ability to work as soon as they enter. They should have federal dollars to help support them in the cities that they arrive in. And we should have *** co ordinated national plan for where those folks arrive. In *** statement. *** spokesperson for Abbott accused the Democrat mayors of hypocrisy saying they're now going to extreme lengths to avoid fulfilling their self declared sanctuary city promises. The statement also said the mayors should call on their party leader to finally do his job and secure the border, something he continues refusing to do. But some activists believe the crisis at the border takes Republicans Democrats and all levels of government to solve. And if the governments are not doing that, then most likely, what we'll see is people will be further traumatized and harmed and likely uh we will see more people die as *** result of the inability of governments to really address the humanitarian needs that asylum seekers have.
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Biden administration asks Supreme Court to allow border agents to cut razor wire installed by Texas
The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border, while a lawsuit over the wire continues.Video above: Record 225,000 migrants appear at southern border in DecemberThe Justice Department filed an emergency appeal Tuesday, asking the justices to put on hold last month's appellate ruling in favor of Texas, which forced federal agents to stop cutting the concertina wire the state has installed along roughly 30 miles of the Rio Grande near the border city of Eagle Pass. Large numbers of migrants have crossed there in recent months.The court case pitting Republican-led Texas against Democratic President Joe Biden's administration is part of a broader fight over immigration enforcement. The state also has installed razor wire around El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley, where migrants have crossed in high numbers. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also has authorized installing floating barriers in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass and allowed troopers to arrest and jail thousands of migrants on trespassing charges.In court papers, the administration said the wire impedes Border Patrol agents from reaching migrants as they cross the river and that, in any case, federal immigration law trumps Texas' own efforts to stem the flow of migrants into the country.Texas officials have argued that federal agents cut the wire to help groups crossing illegally through the river before taking them in for processing.

The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border, while a lawsuit over the wire continues.

Video above: Record 225,000 migrants appear at southern border in December

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The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal Tuesday, asking the justices to put on hold last month's appellate ruling in favor of Texas, which forced federal agents to stop cutting the concertina wire the state has installed along roughly 30 miles of the Rio Grande near the border city of Eagle Pass. Large numbers of migrants have crossed there in recent months.

The court case pitting Republican-led Texas against Democratic President Joe Biden's administration is part of a broader fight over immigration enforcement. The state also has installed razor wire around El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley, where migrants have crossed in high numbers. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also has authorized installing floating barriers in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass and allowed troopers to arrest and jail thousands of migrants on trespassing charges.

In court papers, the administration said the wire impedes Border Patrol agents from reaching migrants as they cross the river and that, in any case, federal immigration law trumps Texas' own efforts to stem the flow of migrants into the country.

Texas officials have argued that federal agents cut the wire to help groups crossing illegally through the river before taking them in for processing.