On January 14, the Department of Homeland Security sent a cease-and-desist letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton demanding that the Texas Military Department end “enhanced border security measures at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass.” The Department of Homeland Security has requested compliance by today, January 17. Armed Texas National Guardsmen expelled U.S. Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection agents from Shelby Park in Eagle Pass on the Rio Grande Sector, the Gateway Pundit reported.
Confrontation: The Biden regime responds after the Texas National Guard takes control of a public park in Eagle Pass, expelling Border Patrol agents
AG Paxton published a response letter today debunking many of the allegations made by DHS in its original letter, saying, “Because the facts and the law are on the side of Texas, the state will continue to use its constitutional authority to defend its territory, and I will continue to defend those law enforcement.” . Efforts in court.”
“Your demand letter is based on a more fundamental misunderstanding of federal law and the role of sovereign states in our constitutional system,” AG Paxton wrote. He then cites the federal law cited by the Department of Homeland Security in its letter that gives US Border Patrol “unwarranted access to lands within 25 miles of the border.” But AG Paxton points out that it states “for the purpose of patrolling the border It is forbidden Illegal entry of foreigners To the United States.”
AG Paxton argued that because the federal court found that DHS “completely failed…to deter, prevent, and stop illegal entry into the United States,” DHS could not “claim statutory duties [it is] He is clearly negligent in imposing excuses for piercings for piercings [Texas’s] Attempts to support [Biden Administration’s] Failed system.” Texas v. DHS, 2023 WL 8285223.
In contrast, AG Paxton wrote that the Biden administration has failed to fulfill its duties under Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution that provides for the federal government “will Protect everyone [the States] Against invasion.”
The letter then lists several “false claims” that “must be refuted,” including the claim that U.S. Border Patrol agents are prohibited from responding to a medical emergency in part because they Withdraw From Shelby Park last year:
- The State of Texas allows immediate entry into Shelby Park by any US Border Patrol agent
To respond to a medical emergency, such access is not limited to the use of a boat
ramp,” she says. TMD ordered its guards not to impede life-saving care
Aliens who illegally cross the Rio Grande. To this end, TMD has set up portals that allow this
For expedited admission when federal employees report certain medical conditions
necessity.- Your assumed commitment to “provide emergency assistance to individuals in need”
He lied about the truth of it The U.S. Border Patrol withdrew from Shelby Park last year And
The Texas Department of Public Safety has advised that federal employees will not be present
Administration of aid unless Texas requests assistance. Moreover, it appears that Del Rio's sector is
The only place along the Rio Grande where DHS does not maintain boats on the surrounding waters
Time to provide water rescue capabilities.- Your attempt to blame Texas for the deaths of three immigrants on January 12, 2024 is despicable, as is…
Now you'll be aware, it's completely inaccurate. “Three people drowned” that night on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, but this tragedy is your fault. Contrary to your letter, TMD has not prevented US Border Patrol from entering Shelby Park
Trying to save water for distressed migrants. The federal agents at the gate didn't even do that
You have a boatThey did not request admission based on any medical necessity. Instead of that,
Federal agents told TMD Staff Sergeant that Mexican officials had already recovered
Bodies of the dead and the situation is under control. However, the Texas Rangers
He conducted a diligent search, just to make sure Mexican officials recovered the bodies of the migrants.
The bodies, downriver from the Shelby Park boat ramp and on their side of the river.- The state of Texas has not seen or reported any evidence that the immigrants drowned
I actually made it to the Texas shore. This is despite TMD guards keeping watch
Waters of the Rio Grande River near Shelby Park with floodlights, night vision goggles and
Thermal imaging devices.- As a federal court has already ruled, so are the policies of the Department of Homeland Security and the Biden administration
This forces migrants to risk their lives, and sometimes lose them, while trying to cross the Rio River
Grande. If you really care about putting migrants in “imminent danger to their lives and
Salama, your agency should stop pushing them into the river water. no one
Drown on the bridge. A federal court recently rebuked the Biden administration for
Creating this dangerous situation: “If [DHS] Agents will allow immigrants to enter
The country even facilitates this for them, so why does it make them do what is dangerous?
River crossing mission? Wouldn't it be easier and safer to receive them at a port?
Entry?” Texas v. Department of Homeland Security, 2023 WL 8285223, at *4 (W.D. Tex. Nov. 29, 2023). By
“Creates[ing] Perverse incentive for foreigners to attempt to cross the Rio Grande Court.
You are found to be “causing life-threatening crises for aliens and agents alike.”- Although Shelby Park is located on “municipal land owned by the City of Eagle Pass,” as shown in the photo
TMD has now taken that land from the city for law enforcement and disaster relief purposes pursuant to Texas Government Code § 418.017(c), she says. It is not important that US Customs and Border Protection has concluded a “Memorandum of Agreement.”
With Eagle Pass. . . on December 13, 2015,” because the state of Texas never agreed to that
Such treatment is as required by Article IV, § 10 of the Texas Constitution. Your federalism
The agency couldn't get something the city wasn't entitled to provide.
Attorney General Ken Paxton responded to the Biden administration's request that Texas “cease and desist” securing its border
“Instead of addressing Texans’ urgent requests for protection, President Biden allowed DHS to send a threatening letter through its attorneys. But… pic.twitter.com/19nOKDU8F5
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