The Biden administration sued Texas last week over recent legislation signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott signing that grants local law enforcement the authority to arrest migrants and allow judges to order deportations. The administration argues that the law goes against constitutional mandates granting the federal government authority over border enforcement.
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The seizure followed Governor Greg Abbott signing an emergency order granting the state guard “full control” of the park, over the objections of local officials.
According to two U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News, the Texas National Guard is now barring federal U.S. Border Patrol from entering the park, which runs along the bank of the Rio Grande.
Last year, the state government deployed controversial river barriers down a 1,000-foot stretch of a portion of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass.
The Biden administration sued Texas last week over recent legislation signed by Abbott that grants local law enforcement the authority to arrest migrants and allow judges to order deportations.
In a video posted on Facebook, Eagle Pass Mayor Ronaldo Salinas said that he received a phone call on Thursday morning from Texas DPS informing him that via an order from Abbott “they are taking full control, custody, of Shelby Park.” The mayor filmed a blockade that had been erected at one of the entrances to the area.
Shooting unarmed migrants is, of course, highly illegal, and the governor’s comments were seen as a reaffirmation of the brutality with which Texas state officials regard asylum seekers.
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