Texas refuses to comply with Biden administration's cease-and-desist letter about border access

[Dulcinea]

Texas is refusing to comply with a cease-and-desist letter from the Biden administration over actions by the state that have impeded U.S. Border Patrol agents from accessing part of the border with Mexico.

In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton rejected the Biden administration’s request for the state to “cease and desist” its takeover of Shelby Park, an epicenter of southwest border illegal immigration in Eagle Pass.

"Because the facts and law side with Texas, the State will continue utilizing its constitutional authority to defend her territory, and I will continue defending those lawful efforts in court," Paxton wrote.

When reached for comment, a DHS spokesperson referred NBC News to Department of Homeland Security General Counsel Jonathan Meyer's letter this week directing the state to stop blocking the Border Patrol’s full access to roughly 2½ miles of the U.S.-Mexico border occupied by the state's National Guard.

https://news.yahoo.com/texas-refuses-comply-biden-administrations-055502113.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=0_00

[jpak]

1. Throw them all in jail - let them find out what prison is really like.

Yup

[Lovie777]

2. For now.........................

Texas need to rid the numerous bodies first.

[Think. Again.]

3. That could be true.

...in any case, any federal funding to texas should be immediately suspended until the relationship between state and federal authority and responsibility is back in agreement.

I know, "but what about the innocent civilians?", luckily we have federal emergency assistance funds for any temporary aid that's needed.

[Freethinker65]

4. Texas does not get to decide which sections of the FEDERAL border the Feds get access to.

If they do, then TX and Abbott/Paxton have more power than the federal government.

This is like the Bundys declaring federal land their own and refusing to vacate.

Most would not be allowed to get away with this nonsense for hours, much less days or weeks.

[LiberalArkie]

5. Might I suggest the 101st Airborne Division.. They did quite well in Little Rock many years ago.

[shrike3]

6. Let 'em have it. n/t