It's Monday, January 22nd, 2024. God bless Texas for once. The Pentagon can't be bothered,

apparently, that troops are in harm's way in Iraq, and hats off to one college football coach.

Next on the AM update.

In a significant escalation in state and federal tensions over immigration policies,

the Biden administration accused Texas officials of blocking border patrol access to an important stretch of the U.S. Mexico border.

The U.S. Justice Department complained that Texas National Guard troops fenced off Shelby Park and Eagle Pass blocking the U.S. Mexico border. The U.S. Justice Department complained that Texas

National Guard troops fenced off Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, blocking federal agents from the only safe

and accessible ramp for that section of the Rio Grande. The state also erected razor wire along

two and a half miles of the river, restricting federal ability to place mobile surveillance trucks

or access a staging area

to evaluate illegal aliens apprehended in the area.

Quote, border patrol's ability to view this portion of the border is now limited to a narrow

sliver from a single surveillance camera located outside the newly fenced area.

That's the Justice Department in a U.S. Supreme Court court filing.

The filing detailed the state federal standoff in the hours after the state took control of a

city park in Eagle Pass that, again, sits along the banks of the river.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration in October, arguing that

federal authorities were improperly cutting or destroying razor wire.

Texas had installed along the border to deter illegal entry into the United States.

After a federal appeals court sided with Texas, the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to overturn an order prohibiting border patrol agents from destroying the wire barriers.

That request remains

pending. At a news conference on Friday, Governor Greg Abbott said the state is acting legally to

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