Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton applauds Court's Decision to Protect Concertina Wire Fences Amid Border Crisis

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won an injunction pending appeal against the Biden administration, preventing the federal government from continuing to destroy concertina wire barriers placed by Texas in response to the historic invasion of unvetted foreign aliens into the state. 

Previously, despite recognizing that the federal government had failed to enforce existing immigration law, a federal district court concluded that the Biden Administration enjoyed sovereign immunity. The judge allowed Border Patrol agents to resume the destruction of Texas-owned barriers. Attorney General Paxton immediately appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which concluded that the federal government was not immune from suit and enjoined Biden’s border agents from damaging, destroying, or otherwise interfering with Texas’s concertina wire fence while the issue continues to be litigated. 

“I am very pleased the appellate court has forbidden federal agents sent by the Biden administration from destroying our concertina wire fences. Given the ongoing disaster at the southern border due to the federal government’s intentional actions, more than ever it is necessary to take every step we can to hold the line. I will continue to fight against the Biden administration’s radical policies and work to make Texas a safer, more secure place to live."

The Office of the Attorney General and co-counsel the Texas Public Policy Foundation will continue defending Texans from the dangerous consequences of the Biden administration’s open borders policies.

To read the injunction, click here.

Here’s where we are at with the lawsuits Paxton has brought forth against the Biden Administration in order to protect our states border.

• Pax­ton Asks Court to Require Biden to Build the Wall | December 21, 2021

• Per­ma­nent Injunc­tion Restores ​‘Remain in Mex­i­co’ Program | December 17, 2021

• Pax­ton Vic­to­ri­ous Again in Lat­est Immi­gra­tion Bat­tle with the Biden Administration | August 20, 2021

• Pax­ton Vic­to­ri­ous Against Obama’s Unlaw­ful DACA Program | July 19, 2021

• Pax­ton Vic­to­ri­ous Against Biden Admin­is­tra­tion: Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment Must Fol­low Depor­ta­tion Law | May 20, 2021

• Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion for Dis­re­gard­ing COVID-19 Rules at Texas/​Mexico Border | April 22, 2021

• AG Pax­ton Files Law­suit Defend­ing States Against Shock­ing Costs of Ille­gal Immigration | March 30, 2021