Supreme Court Issues Surprise 5-4 Ruling

Summary

Texas 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.

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Outlines

00:00

😥 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.

05:01

😠 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.

10:03

👷 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.

Keywords

💡immigration

The main theme of the video is immigration, specifically illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border. The script discusses the 'massive wave of non-stop migrants flooding into this country' and the release of '6.2 million illegal migrants' by the Biden administration over 3 years. It centers on the actions Texas Governor Greg Abbott is taking to address illegal border crossings, including deploying the National Guard, building border barriers like razor wire fencing, and attempting to deport migrants.

💡invasion

Governor Abbott declares the situation at the border an 'invasion' which triggers constitutional authority for Texas to defend itself. He argues the federal government has failed to protect Texas from this invasion of migrants illegally crossing the border, so the state can act under Article 1 Section 10 Clause 3.

💡operation Lone Star

Governor Abbott's border security operation, which involves National Guard troops, building barriers, arresting migrants, etc. It costs Texas $2 billion per year to implement. The Biden administration opposes it, even cutting through Texas' razor wire fencing to reach migrants.

💡razor wire fencing

A key border barrier Texas has erected along sections of the Rio Grande river. Video shows it is effective at deterring migrants from crossing at those points. But the Biden administration actively cuts through the razor wire to access migrants and process them into the U.S. anyway.

💡deportation

A new Texas law allows state law enforcement to arrest and deport migrants illegally entering the state. This represents an attempt to take immigration enforcement into their own hands given the federal government's perceived failure to act.

💡Article 4 Section 4 of U.S. Constitution

Cited by Abbott in arguing the federal government must protect Texas from 'Invasion.' He declares they have triggered Article 1 Section 10 Clause 3 allowing Texas to defend itself given this failure.

💡10th Amendment

Empowers states to take actions like erecting border barriers when the federal government fails to act. Texas argues this amendment means they are within their rights to implement Operation Lone Star policies.

💡illegal border crossings

The script cites 'millions of illegal immigrants' entering across the Texas border with Mexico each year, facilitated by Biden policies 'releasing' them into the country.

💡migrants

Used to describe those crossing the border illegally. The state views them as invaders while the Biden administration actively helps process them into the country.

💡Barb wire fencing

Physical border barrier erected by Texas National Guard troops in an attempt to stop migrants from crossing illegally at certain sections of the border.

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

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