Advocates for Texas’s efforts to place razor wire fences along the southern border say an appeals court should soon pave the way for such efforts after the Supreme Court ruled federal border agents could cut through them earlier this week.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a striking blow to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who has sought to use his border security program “Operation Lone Star” to block migrants from illegally entering the country. Through a 5-4 vote with no comments, the justices overturned a lower court injunction that permitted Texas to maintain miles of such fences around the southern border, siding with the Biden administration’s bid to allow federal Border Patrol to cut the wire fences.

Robert Henneke, executive director and general counsel for the Texas Public Policy Foundation and former state assistant attorney general, said the Supreme Court’s decision amounted to “upending” the legal process without any justification, adding, “I think it’s an abuse of discretion.”