Border Standoff between Texas, Feds Intensifies | PBS NewsHour
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The Supreme Court has sided with federal agents who want to remove razor wire put in place by Texas along the Rio Grande. The state is using wire and state agents to block Border Patrol from accessing a section of the border in Eagle Pass. Homeland Security is demanding access to the area, but Gov. Greg Abbott is doubling down. NewsHour’s Laura Barrón-López discussed the dispute with Stephen Vladeck, a University of Texas law professor.
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