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Texas Defies SCOTUS Order to Remove Illegal and Deadly Barrier on Mexico Border

HeadlineJan 25, 2024

In Texas, state authorities continue to bar federal Border Patrol agents from accessing its border with Mexico, defying a Supreme Court order issued this week. Texas troopers are still erecting razor wire along the border, which has cut off most of Shelby Park, near Eagle Pass — a city park on the banks of the Rio Grande. On Wednesday, a Texas official says a 35-year-old man from Nicaragua drowned in the Rio Grande. Two others were rescued. Last week, a mother and her two young children died in the area while attempting to cross the Rio Grande. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump is reportedly pressuring Republican senators to reject a bipartisan border bill because he is concerned passage of the legislation could help Joe Biden’s election chances in November.

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