Federal Agents Prohibited from Cutting Texas’ Border Fence

US Border Patrol agents are forbidden from cutting down the more than 29 miles of razor wire that Texas put up to discourage illegal crossings at the southern border, a federal appeals court said Tuesday.

The three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit gave the go-ahead to a border enforcement strategy from Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to slow waves of migration, reversing a district court decision from earlier this month. The 2-1 decision written by Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan issues an injunction that bars the federal government from interfering with the wire except for in ...