Supreme Court Issues Surprise 5-4 Ruling
Summary
TLDRTexas governor Greg Abbott has implemented various measures to address the migrant crisis at the southern border, including deploying the National Guard and installing razor wire fencing. However, the Biden administration has hindered these efforts, with Border Patrol agents removing barriers and wire to reach migrants. Abbott sued, but the Supreme Court ruled against Texas, allowing the feds to take down wire. Still, Texas continues adding wire and just declared the situation an 'invasion', citing constitutional authority to defend itself. Abbott asserts the federal government has failed its duties, necessitating Texas to act.
Takeaways
- 😡 The Biden administration is hindering Texas' efforts to secure the border and stop illegal immigration
- 🛑 Texas Gov. Abbott has taken measures like Operation Lone Star to combat illegal immigration in light of federal inaction
- 🔒 Texas filed a lawsuit against the Biden admin for interfering with the state's border barriers
- ⚖️ A federal appeals court initially sided with Texas, but the Supreme Court overturned that decision
- 🚧 Texas can still rebuild border barriers that federal agents take down
- 💰 Securing the border is costing Texas taxpayers billions of dollars annually
- ☠️ Gov. Abbott declared the situation at the border an 'invasion' that triggers the state's right to self-defense
- 🪧 The Biden admin claims the barriers prevent agents from reaching immigrants who entered illegally
- 🤔 The Supreme Court ruling allows the debate over immigration authority to continue
- 👮♂️ Texas asserts it is acting constitutionally to secure the border amid federal inaction
Q & A
What actions has Texas Governor Greg Abbott taken to address the immigration situation at the Texas-Mexico border?
-Governor Abbott has deployed the Texas National Guard, state law enforcement, and razor wire fencing to apprehend migrants, arrest criminals, and physically block illegal border crossings. He also signed a border security bill to give state law enforcement expanded authority over immigration enforcement.
How has the Biden administration responded to Texas' border security efforts?
-The Biden administration has actively interfered with Texas' efforts by having federal border agents cut through the razor wire barriers to reach and process migrants into the country. They argue this is necessary for agents to carry out their duties.
What legal actions has Texas taken against the Biden administration regarding the border issue?
-Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit accusing federal agents of intentionally cutting holes in the border razor wire to assist migrant crossings. He won an injunction in a lower court, but it was overturned by the Supreme Court.
What constitutional provisions has Governor Abbott invoked regarding border security?
-Abbott declared the situation an "invasion" which triggers Article 1 Section 10 Clause 3, reserving a state's right to self-defense, and Article 4 Section 4, which requires the federal government to protect states from invasion.
How much has Texas allocated annually to increase border security through Operation Lone Star?
-Texas has allocated approximately $2 billion per year to Operation Lone Star to fund the National Guard, state law enforcement, barriers, razor wire, and other security measures along the border.
How effective has the razor wire been in deterring migrant crossings?
-The video evidence indicates the razor wire has been effective in physically blocking and channeling migrants to certain crossing areas, though federal actions undermine the barriers.
What options does Texas have to continue adding razor wire barriers despite the Supreme Court ruling?
-The ruling only prevents Texas from stopping federal agents from taking down wire fencing. Texas can continue reinforcing barriers and adding razor wire of its own accord.
What is the estimated annual federal spending on processing migrants who enter illegally?
-Approximately $451 billion per year is currently being spent by the federal government to deal with migrants who have entered the country illegally.
Why does the narrator say border patrol agents are no longer patrolling the border?
-He argues that by taking down Texas' border barriers and assisting illegal immigration, the Biden administration's border patrol priorities have shifted away from deterrence and law enforcement.
What additional coverage of this issue does the narrator provide to viewers?
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Outlines
😥 Texas Governor Takes Action Amid Migrant Crisis
Paragraph 1 discusses how Texas Governor Greg Abbott has taken steps to address the migrant crisis at the southern border, including signing a border security bill giving state law enforcement expanded authority. It details Operation Lone Star, a $2 billion per year effort by Texas involving the National Guard to stop illegal immigration.
😠 Biden Admin Sues Texas Over Border Barriers
Paragraph 2 covers how the Biden Administration sued Texas over its border barriers, with the 5th Circuit Court blocking the federal government from taking down the barriers. However, the Supreme Court just ruled 5-4 to allow the federal government to remove the barriers.
👷 Texas Not Backing Down, Declares Migrant Crisis an 'Invasion'
Paragraph 3 explains how Texas is not backing down after the Supreme Court ruling, declaring the migrant crisis an 'invasion' under the Constitution. Governor Abbott stated Texas has the authority to defend itself and will continue efforts to secure the border despite federal opposition.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡immigration
💡invasion
💡operation Lone Star
💡razor wire fencing
💡deportation
💡Article 4 Section 4 of U.S. Constitution
💡10th Amendment
💡illegal border crossings
💡migrants
💡Barb wire fencing
Highlights
Texas governor Greg Abbott signing law giving state law enforcement authority to arrest migrants illegally in Texas
Texas has been setting up razor wire on border with Mexico to stop illegal crossings
Video shows razor wire effective at stopping migrants from crossing
Texas files lawsuit against Biden Administration for cutting razor wire to help migrants cross illegally
Fifth Circuit Court issues injunction preventing Biden administration from removing Texas border barriers
Biden administration argues to Supreme Court that Texas barriers prevent agents from reaching migrants
Supreme Court rules against Texas, allowing Biden administration to remove razor wire
Texas National Guard installing more razor wire after Supreme Court decision
Governor Abbott declares migrant situation an "invasion", triggering constitutional authority for Texas to defend itself
Texas personnel acting under state authority to secure border despite Supreme Court decision
Federal government spending $451 billion per year dealing with illegal migrants
Courts rule National Guard no longer allowed to guard nation, Border Patrol patrolling to let people in
Tax dollars used to put up and tear down border fencing repeatedly
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Transcripts
seeing the massive wave of non-stop
migrants flooding into this country as
well as the federal government's
apparent inability or perhaps their lack
of interest in doing anything to stop it
Texas governor Greg Abbott has been
making attempts to mitigate the
situation himself because even though
technically immigration enforcement is a
federal responsibility well what is the
state to do when their very own federal
government has allowed for the release
of 6.2 million illegal migrants into the
country over just the last 3 years
especially when that particular state is
Texas which shares a 1200 mile border
with Mexico well one month ago Governor
Greg Abbott signed into law a new border
security bill which gave Texas state law
enforcement very broad Authority
including the ability to arrest migrants
who insert Texas illegally and it also
allowed local judges to order the
deportation of these migrants out of the
country and the state level border
security bill it just added to the steps
that the Texas government was already
implementing to stop what they refer to
as as an invasion they've taken over
Shelby Park near Eagle Pass and they
block federal agents from having access
to the park they set up large barricades
and also the state of Texas has been
setting up razor wire on the border with
Mexico in order to stop illegal
Crossings and the Razer wire in
particular has proven to be very
effective for instance this video right
here was taken by one of our reporters
at the border and it shows a migrant
from Guatemala who crossed the river but
because of the razor wire his only
option was to either go back to Mexico
or to head upstream and try a different
spot without barb wire to cross which is
exactly what he wound up doing that just
goes to show that the barb wire is
effective now all these actions fall
under the broad umbrella of something
known as operation Lone Star this plan
costs the state of Texas approximately
$2 billion per year and it involves the
Texas National Guard apprehending
migrants arresting criminals seizing
drugs setting up barricades and so on
and so forth and here's the thing you
might assume that the Biden
Administration would be supportive of of
what Texas is doing because after all
setting up razor wire on the border will
definitely have the effect of stopping
illegal Crossings and since it's the
Texas government that's doing it well
the federal government can even save
some money because it's not them footing
the bill however you would be wrong
that's not what they did instead the
Biden administration had their Federal
officers begin to cut the barbed wire
themselves in order to get to the
migrants and process them into the
country and because of this Mr Ken
Paxton who is the Attorney General of
Texas he filed a lawsuit against the B
Administration arguing that the federal
agents were cutting this wire in order
to help people cross illegally through
the river before taking them in for
processing here is specifically what Ken
Paxton said in a statement alongside his
actual lawsuit quote federal agents have
developed and implemented a practice of
destroying Texas's concertina wire to
encourage induce and assist thousands of
aliens to illegally cross the r Grand in
inter Texas federal agents in some cases
attempted to ease aliens ability to
illegally climb up the river Bank into
Texas by attaching ropes or cables to
the back of pickup trucks federal agents
regularly cut new openings in The Wire
Fence sometimes immediately after Texas
officers have placed new wire to plug
gaps in fencing barriers now the lawsuit
itself between the Biden Administration
and the state of Texas it's been playing
itself out in court for a little while
now however in December of last year
meaning one month ago the fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals issued an injunction
preventing the Biden administration's
border patrol Agents from being able to
take down the barriers that Texas was
putting up including the wire fencing
the fifth Circuit Court of Appeals they
did this saying that quote the public
interest supports clear protections for
property rights from federal government
intrusion and control meaning that while
the lawsuit was still playing itself out
in the courtroom Texas could continue
putting up the razor wire and the feds
were stopped from taking it down however
the Biden Administration they appealed
that injunction all the way up to the US
Supreme Court arguing that and this is
not a joke that the barbed wire was
stopping Federal border patrol agents
from being able to reach the migrants
and help them get into the country
specifically quote the administration
had filed an emergency request to the
Supreme Court and argued that Texas was
blocking federal agents from carrying
out their duties Biden Administration
lawyers claimed that the barrier
prevented Agents from reaching illegal
immigrants who had already entered the
United States and then in their actual
written appeal to the US Supreme Court
here was exactly what the Biden
administrations solicitor general wrote
quote like other law enforcement
officers border patrol agents operating
under difficult circumstances at the
border must make context dependent
sometimes Split Second decisions about
how to enforce Federal immigration laws
while maintaining Public Safety but the
injunction prohibits Agents from passing
through or moving physical obstacles
erected by the state that prevent access
to the very border they are charged with
patrolling and the individuals they are
charged with apprehending and inspecting
and then on top of that the Biden
Administration was also making the
argument that regardless of anything
else quote Federal immigration law
Trump's Texas's efforts to stem the flow
of migrants into the country however on
the flip side the state of Texas
represented by Mr Ken Paxton was arguing
that since the federal government was
experiencing something like a their
elction of Duty and since they were not
securing the Border well the state of
Texas set up razor wire fencing and that
such a thing was well within their
rights under the 10th Amendment to the
US Constitution these were the two broad
arguments and after hearing those
arguments after hearing both sides on
Monday of this week meaning exactly two
days ago the US Supreme Court ruled an a
split decision against the of Texas
specifically the US Supreme Court
overturned the injunction that was in
place from the fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals meaning in very practical terms
that while the case is still playing
itself out in the courtroom the Biden
administration's border agents will be
able to remove the razor wire in order
to get access to the migrants now this
decision was split 54 with justices
katangi Brown Jackson Alina Kagan Sonia
Sodom John Roberts as well as Amy Coney
Barrett all voting against the state of
Texas the order that they ultimately
published on their website was rather
brief here is what it said again this is
from the US Supreme Court quote the
application to vacate injunction
presented to Justice Alo and by him
referred to the court is granted the
December 19th 2023 order of the United
States court of appeals for the fifth
circuit is vacated although as you can
see there was no real justification as
to why now there are some nuances to
this particular decision firstly it
removes the injunction that was in place
meaning that while the lawsuit is still
playing itself out in court in the lower
court during this period of time will
federal border patrol agents will be
able to remove the barb wire but
secondly it does not mean that the Texas
National Guard won't just continue to
add more barb wire which is exactly what
they're doing in fact our reporter who
is down at the US Southern border she
took this video footage right here
showing the Texas National Guard getting
ready to install more barb wire even
after the Supreme Court decision now
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nothing in the supreme court order which
stops the state of Texas from putting up
more barb wire it only allows the feds
to take it down if they so wish which is
a phenomenal use of our tax dollars
furthermore just earlier today Governor
Greg Abbott he took it you can say a
step further and he issued this
declaration right here stating that
what's taking place at the US Southern
order is an actual Invasion and as such
and as due to the lack of response by
the Biden Administration it has
triggered Article 1 Section 10 Clause
number three of the US Constitution
here's specifically what he wrote in
part in this declaration quote the
federal government has broken the
compact between the United States and
the states the executive branch of the
United States has a constitutional duty
to enforce federal laws protecting
States including immigration laws on the
books right now President Biden has
refused to enforce those laws and he's
even violated them the result is that he
has has smashed records for illegal
immigration James Madison Alexander
Hamilton and other Visionaries who wrote
the US Constitution foresaw that states
should not be left to the mercy of a
lawless president who does nothing to
stop external threats like cartel
smuggling millions of illegal immigrants
across the border that is why the
framers included both article 4 section
4 which promises that the federal
government shall protect each state
against Invasion and Article 1 Section
10 Clause number three which
acknowledges the state's Sovereign
interest in protecting their borders the
failure of the Biden Administration to
fulfill the duties imposed by article 4
section 4 has triggered Article 1
Section 10 Clause number three which
reserves to the state the right of
self-defense for these reasons I have
already declared an invasion under
Article 1 Section 10 Clause number three
to invoke Texas's constitutional
authority to defend and protect itself
that Authority is the supreme law of the
land and supersedes any federal statutes
to the contrary the Texas National Guard
the Texas Department of Public Safety
and other Texas Personnel are acting on
that Authority as well as state law to
secure the Texas border and so there you
have it while the Supreme Court ruled
against them the state of Texas is not
taking it lying down at all they have
declared that what's taking place at the
southern border fits the definition of
an actual Invasion and that they will
act accordingly and in the meantime we
happen to live in a world where the
courts say that the National Guard is no
longer allowed to guard the nation and
where border patrol is no longer
patrolling the Border although or rather
I should say they are patrolling the
Border although they're doing it in
order to let people in if you'd like to
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about our tax dollars being used to put
up fencing only for it to be torn down
by the feds and then put up again and
then tore down again and also how do you
feel about the fact that about $451
billion per year is being spent by the
federal government to deal with migrants
who have entered the country illegally
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