Texas seized part of the US-Mexico border and blocked federal Border Patrol agents

The fight between Texas and the federal government over the control of the US-Mexico border has further intensified after state governor Greg Abbott revealed he will defy the Biden administration and US Supreme Court by ordering the installation of even more razor wire to deter migration, the Guardian reported.

On Monday, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favour of the federal government’s power to remove the controversial concertina wire installed along stretches of the border in Texas, at Abbott’s direction. Despite this, Abbott, a hard-right Republican, is intensifying his plans to try and fence off parts of the US border with Mexico.

Federal agents were given further confirmation this week at the supreme court that they may remove the razor wire, as the enforcement of immigration law is under federal jurisdiction. But Abbott has argued there is nothing preventing him from ordering the Texas national guard to continue laying more razor wire down,adds the same source.