The Biden administration asked the US Supreme Court to step in and allow it to remove parts of a 29-mile fence along the southern border.
The Justice Department sought intervention on Tuesday after a divided US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided Dec. 19 with Texas in prohibiting the US Border Patrol from cutting down razor wire fencing along the Rio Grande, except in an emergency.
The fence is part of a broader enforcement strategy put in place by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to curb migrants from illegally crossing into the US.
The Biden administration said the the ...
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