The House Republican-led Judiciary Committee launched an investigation into whether the Biden administration had the authority to cut razor wire installed by Texas governments.
The House Republican-led Committee on the Judiciary launched an investigation into the Biden administration's handling of the immigration crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border, including whether the president had the authority to cut razor wire installed by Texas authorities on the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas. In a letter addressed to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the committee said the U.S.
The committee cited recent events in September, when in just five days, over 45,000 illegal immigrants were encountered along the border, with 4,000 occurring on Sept. 20 in Eagle Pass. On one late September day, there were nearly 11,000 migrant encounters along the southern border, marking the single highest day in recent memory. Leading up to Sept.
closed two of the three international bridges into Eagle Pass — bridge 1 and the international rail bridge, which is the second-busiest rail crossing along the U.S.-Mexico border. The committed accused the Biden administration that by closing the train bridge, it prioritized processing illegal aliens 'to the detriment of the American people by shutting down legitimate trade and travel via the international bridges.
In fact, as encounters continued to surge in Eagle Pass, and while a lawsuit challenging the practice was pending, the Biden Administration 'escalated matters, trading bolt cutters for an industrial-strength telehandler forklift to dismantle Texas’s border fence…,' the letter read. 'Days later, a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order, largely halting the Administration from cutting, interfering with, or removing Concertina wire installed by the State of Texas.
The letter was signed by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who is the chairman of the committee, and Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif. It comes just less than a week after a federal judge ordered the Biden administration stop cutting razor wire along the southern border. The temporary order is the result of a lawsuit brought on by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, arguing that federal officials said they had the authority to destroy state property 'to allow aliens to enter & be processed.
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