U.S. Supreme Court says Texas can’t block federal agents from the border
www.texastribune.org
The high court’s order effectively maintains long-running precedent that the federal government — not individual states — has authority to enforce border security.

Since at least the summer of 2022 and the creation of Operation Lone Star, the state of Texas has flagrantly violated federal law, illegally installing razor wire and barring federal agents from accessing the border. This illegal abrogation of border authority recently played a part in the death of 3 migrants crossing the Rio Grande, as Texas ignored their distress and wouldn’t allow Federal border agents to aid them.

Yesterday, January 23rd, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, ordered Texas to allow federal agents access. The Texas National Guard released a statement that they will continue to “hold the line” at Colby Park.

There are no heroes in this story, as we are all painfully aware of the abuses perpetrated by federal border control, and are under no illusions about what their authority means for migrants. However, Operation Lone Star and Texas’ unilateral border policies are even MORE dangerous, even MORE outrageous than the existing federal policies, so this Supreme Court ruling marks a chance to scale back some of the most egregious human rights violations.

(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action.)

    • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
      3·
      10 months ago

      I think they’re referring to the balkanisation of Ottexamas on 25 December 1897, when Texas seceded from the Ottexamas, leading to its renaming as the ‘Ottoman Empire’. Some people still celebrate this event on every year, although the name of celebration sometimes takes its modern spelling, Xmas, often confused as shorthand for Christmas.