A Fifth Circuit panel appeared set to reinstate restrictions on the US Border Patrol from cutting down razor wire placed by Texas on the southern border to try to stem illegal immigration.
Judges Kyle Duncan and Don Willett, both appointed by Donald Trump to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, on Thursday questioned lawyers with the state and the Justice Department about how they might be able to reinstate an injunction they issued in December against federal authorities removing the fencing along the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas.
The 29-mile fence is part of the escalating ...
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