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Biden administration asks Supreme Court to remove razor wire at southern border

By Washington Examiner
Published January 2, 2024 3:50pm ET
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Biden administration asks Supreme Court to remove razor wire at southern border
Birds rest on concertina wire, or razor wire, along the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 6, 2023. A federal judge on Monday, Oct. 30, ordered Border Patrol agents not to interfere with the razor wire that Texas has installed at a busy crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border, keeping in place one of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's newest measures over immigration. | (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to lift an injunction imposed by an appeals court that allows Texas to keep wire barriers at the southern border, arguing the barriers inhibit Border Patrol agents from crossing and arresting illegal immigrants.

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