2024-01-27 18:27:34
The federal administration of President Joe Biden and the state of Texas are on the verge of a dramatic direct confrontation after the Supreme Court ruled this week that federal agents can remove barbed wire fences that Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered along the border with Mexico. Abbott made it clear that he had no intention of folding and stated that he was ready to “use all the tools at my disposal” to secure the border.
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The current dispute began on January 10, when the Texas National Guard prevented agents of the federal Customs and Border Protection Agency from approaching a four-kilometer area of the border, near the town of Eagle Pass, and led by Shelby Park, one of the main points of entry of immigrants into the United States.
Authorities in Texas have also begun installing barbed wire fences and barriers as part of Governor Abbott’s plan to combat illegal immigration, which has seen similar fences placed along other parts of the Rio Grande River since 2021. Abbott’s moves have angered the administration, which has already petitioned the courts to stop the Texan measures. , and a court in Texas last month prevented the administration from acting against the wire fences.
Two days after the blockades were placed near Eagle Pass, it was reported that a woman and two children who were trying to cross from Mexico drowned in the river, and the administration blamed Texas authorities for preventing Border Patrol agents from entering the area and providing assistance. Following this, the administration turned to the Supreme Court with a request to intervene in the dispute, and this later
Last Monday, the Supreme Court ruled by a majority of five judges against four that border police agents can remove the barbed wire fences, thereby overturning the previous ruling. Court President John Roberts and conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the three liberal justices on the panel.
Despite this, Abbott was quick to declare that “it’s not over”. “The Texas barbed wire fence is an effective deterrent to the illegal crossing that Biden encourages,” he defied. “I will continue to defend Texas’ constitutional authority to secure the border and prevent the Biden administration from destroying our property.”
Also in the following days, Texan agents were documented continuing to place barbed wire fences in the Shelby Park area, when the Texan government refuses to meet the deadline set by the administration to open access to the federal agents. 25 Republican governors expressed their support for Abbott and offered to send their state National Guard troops to help Texas secure the border.
Abbott continued the threatening tone when he interviewed conservative anchor Tucker Carlson yesterday, threatening that the southern state “will use every tool in our box to protect the state” and that he is ready for an “inevitable confrontation” with the administration, especially if President Biden decides that the National Guard of Texas will be subordinated to the federal government. “It will be a complete disaster for him,” he warned.
The conflict between the administration and Texas is further evidence of the central place that the issue of the southern border occupies in the dramatic election year in the US, when last month an unprecedented number of more than 300,000 illegal immigrants arrived from Mexico. A survey published this week showed that the immigration crisis has become For the main issue that worries the voters with 35 percent who voted for it compared to 32 percent who mentioned the high inflation.
President Biden’s efforts to advance a comprehensive deal on immigration with Republicans on Capitol Hill have run into difficulties. The negotiations between the White House and the Democrats and the Republicans on formulating a bill for border reform is nearing completion, but the former President, Donald Trump, pleaded with the Republican lawmakers not to support it and after his two victories in Iowa and New Hampshire it appears that they are aligning according to his instruction. The chairman of the selectmen, Mike Johnson, also admitted that the proposal would be “dead on arrival”.
In another persuasive attempt, Biden promised yesterday to block the border as soon as the law is approved. “What we’re discussing — if it becomes law — will be the toughest and fairest border security reforms we’ve ever seen in our country,” he said. “It would give me, as president, new emergency authority to close the border when it becomes congested. If I get that authority, I will use it the day I sign the law.”
President Biden, who is trying to be elected for another term, is also feeling the pressure from the liberal camp in the US. For months, Abbott has been sending buses full of tens of thousands of illegal immigrants to liberal cities, primarily New York and Chicago, and the mayors are demanding that the administration act immediately in the face of the worsening crisis.
Democratic activists are also raising voices against the president. “What the Democratic Party doesn’t want black people to hear is that this is Biden’s policy. Biden is the one who allows the borders to remain open,” Jay said. Darnell Jones, a resident of the South Side of Chicago, who is suing the city after an abandoned school building that was supposed to become a community center is now being used as a shelter for immigrants who came to the city. “They say it’s because of Abbott. But these immigrants would not have arrived if not for Biden.”
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