Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security filed a supplemental memo to its lawsuit against Texas with the Supreme Court, arguing that the state’s new barricades along the border are hindering the Border Patrol’s efforts to aid and abet illegal aliens entering the U.S.
Texas on Wednesday began blockading Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, a popular point of entry for illegals, from federal border agents in an effort to stop Biden’s open-border illegal immigration pipeline which has exploded into an unprecedented crisis.
The DHS memo filed Friday complains that Border Patrol agents can no longer use its usual “staging area” to facilitate illegal aliens into the U.S., and must now do so in “suboptimal conditions” along a two-way highway, where there is “not a lot of space to safely intake migrants.”
The TNG Major further informed the Border Patrol agents that TNG would not allow any transport units to pick up the subjects under the port of entry, and that the agents would have to walk the migrants to Loop 480 to transport them outside of Shelby Park for further processing. Loop 480 is a two-way industrial highway, where there is not a lot of space to safely intake migrants.
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Without access to the staging area, mobile intake and loading onto transportation must occur on the shoulder along Loop 480, a busy two-lane highway most frequently used by commercial traffic traveling at a high speed. Because of the lack of physical space, there is an increased risk to both migrants and agents of traffic-related injury. Further, there are suboptimal conditions for managing any large groups of migrants in such a small space along a road.
The Biden regime went on to note how it could easily “load migrants onto buses for transport to formal processing locations in Del Rio (Texas) and elsewhere” when it had access to Shelby Park.
“Border Patrol uses the staging area to complete mobile intake of migrant biographic information and to transport groups of apprehended migrants to Border Patrol locations where they may be processed more directly,” the filing states.
Notably, Border Patrol agents overwhelmingly support Texas’ effort to stymie Biden’s open-border policies.
“Shout out to Governor Abbott for enhancing Border Patrol operations!” the Border Patrol Union cheered on social media. “By taking control of an area where so many illegal aliens are simply surrendering, he’s freeing up BP agents to patrol areas with high numbers of illegal aliens who attempt to escape arrest.”
Shout out to Governor Abbott for enhancing Border Patrol operations! By taking control of an area where so many illegal aliens are simply surrendering, he’s freeing up BP agents to patrol areas with high numbers of illegal aliens who attempt to escape arrest.@GregAbbott_TX
— Border Patrol Union – NBPC (@BPUnion) January 12, 2024
“It’s amazing how upset Biden Admin officials get when BP agents are freed up to actually patrol the border instead of processing massive numbers of surrendering illegal aliens,” the BPU noted in a separate post.
It’s amazing how upset Biden Admin officials get when BP agents are freed up to actually patrol the border instead of processing massive numbers of surrendering illegal aliens.https://t.co/7GeQQsJutu
— Border Patrol Union – NBPC (@BPUnion) January 12, 2024
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and National Guard units told the Eagle Pass mayor on Friday they would take “full control” of Shelby Park “indefinitely” via an emergency declaration from Governor Greg Abbott (R).
“Texas will continue to deploy Texas National Guard soldiers, DPS troopers, and more barriers, utilizing every tool and strategy to respond to President Biden’s ongoing border crisis,” said Abbott spokeswoman Renae Eze on Thursday.
The legal standoff between the Biden regime and the State of Texas could culminate into the most significant states rights battle in recent history, Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin noted Friday.
NEW: In overnight DOJ filing, Feds confirm that the TX National Guard “has deployed armed soldiers and vehicles to block federal gov from accessing the river” in Eagle Pass, & TX informed them no BP agents will be allowed to enter Shelby Park “in any operational capacity”.
This… pic.twitter.com/vzIOnCL63i— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 12, 2024