Despite her decision, Judge Alia Moses was critical of the federal government’s immigration policy allowing agents to cut the razor wire placed by the state.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has appealed a judge’s decision to continue allowing Border Patrol agents to cut concertina wire intended to stop illegal immigrants from crossing the southern border.
“I am disappointed that the federal government’s blatant and disturbing efforts to subvert law and order at our State’s border with Mexico will be allowed to continue,” said Attorney General Paxton in a statement on Thursday. “[President Joe] Biden’s doctrine of open borders at any cost threatens the safety of our citizens, and we will continue to fight it every step of the way.”
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Alia Moses of Del Rio, Texas, denied a preliminary injunction that would prevent agents from cutting the razor wire to allow migrants to cross illegally into the country. In her 34-page decision, the judge wrote that the state had failed to provide sufficient evidence supporting its request.
Mr. Paxton filed the appeal on Thursday, Nov. 30.
Initially, Judge Moses, who was appointed by former President…
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