Border Patrol has 'no plans' to remove razor wire set up by Texas amid feud with Biden admin as President says he'll SHUT DOWN the border the day new bill allows him to

U.S. Border Patrol says it has 'no plans' to remove razor wire installed by Texas along the southern border Texas is engaged in legal disputes with the federal government over various border security measures, including the cutting of razor wire and river buoysPresident Biden says he supports a Senate-negotiated border deal, vowing to 'shut down the border' if signed into law - the deal includes new limits on asylum

U.S. Border Patrol say there are ‘no plans’ to dismantle the razor wire installed by the state of Texas along the southern border despite an ongoing legal battle between the Lone Star State and the Biden administration.

Texas is currently entangled in a multifaceted legal clash with the federal government concerning the security of the Texas-Mexico border.

The legal challenges include the federal government’s objection to Texas’ recent seizure of Shelby Park near Eagle Pass, ongoing lawsuits regarding the removal of razor wire erected by Texas, and the placement of buoys in the Rio Grande that deliberately block migrants swimming across.

Texas contends that it is acting in ‘self-defense’ against what it characterizes as a migrant ‘invasion.’

U.S. Border Patrol says it has ‘no plans’ to remove razor wire installed by Texas along the southern border

A court ruling ordered Texas to remove the barbed wire at the Rio Grande but Texas authorities have ignored

Golfers have been allowed inside the fenced off Shelby Park despite a standoff between federal Border Patrol agents and Texas state troops in Eagle Pass, Texas

The state has also refused to remove buoys in the Rio Grande to block migrants swimming over

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the administration by granting an emergency appeal to permit agents to continue cutting the border wire set up by Texas, overturning a lower court’s decision.

But Texas has continued to reinforce the border and has signaled its refusal to comply with the administration’s demand to vacate the Shelby Park area.

Texas Governor Abbott has asserted the state’s ‘right to self-defense’ against what he has termed a migrant ‘invasion,’ declaring: ‘[President Biden’s] actions have caused an unprecedented invasion that we must defend against.’

The Biden administration maintains Texas is impeding the federal enforcement of immigration law.

Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. gather near the fence on the U.S.-Mexico border, as they wait to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas

Barbed wire barricades at the US border wall, from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico,

Texas National Guard soldiers patrol the Rio Grande near Shelby Park on Friday

Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the installation of miles of concertina wire in multiple areas of the Texas-Mexico border that are known to be high-traffic areas for migrants crossing into the US

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated this week: ‘Enforcement of immigration law is a federal responsibility. Rather than helping to reduce irregular migration, the State of Texas has only made it harder for frontline personnel to do their jobs and to apply consequences under the law. We can enforce our laws and administer them safely, humanely, and in an orderly way.’

Several Republican governors have expressed support for Texas to continue the standoff between the state and the federal government with a senior CBP official telling Fox News the relationship between Texas and Border Patrol officials on the ground remains ‘strong.’

‘While this issue plays out in the courts, the relationship between Border Patrol, Texas DPS [Department of Public Safety], & TMD [Texas Military Dept.] remains strong,’ the official said.

‘Our focus is and will always be the mission of protecting this country and its people. On the ground, we continue to work alongside these valuable partners in that endeavor.’

The official continued: ‘Bottom line: Border Patrol has no plans to remove infrastructure (c-wire) placed by Texas along the border. Our posture remains the same. If we need to access an area for emergency response, we will do so. When that happens, we will coordinate with Texas DPS & TMD.’

President Joe Biden said on Friday night that the border deal being negotiated in the U.S. Senate was the ‘toughest and fairest’ set of reforms possible and vowed to ‘shut down the border’ the day he signs the bill

The boat ramp at Shelby Park where Texas law enforcement, Border Patrol, and National Guard soldiers launch patrol boat in Eagle Pass, Texas

Members of the Texas National Guard place razor wire near the fence on the border earlier this week

In December, encounters averaged more than 9,500 per day, according to U.S. government statistics released on Friday

A shoe hangs in razor wire set up to inhibit the crossing of migrants into the U.S

Meanwhile President Joe Biden said on Friday night that the border deal being negotiated in the U.S. Senate was the ‘toughest and fairest’ set of reforms possible and vowed to ‘shut down the border’ the day he signs the bill.

Specifically, the White House has agreed to new limits on asylum at the border, including the creation of an expulsion power that would allow migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally to be rapidly returned to Mexico if migrant encounters surpassed 5,000 per day.

‘What’s been negotiated would – if passed into law – be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country,’ Biden said in a statement.

‘It would give me, as President, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. And if given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into law,’ he said.

If encounters passed 5,000, the use of the expulsion authority would become mandatory, according to the sources who requested anonymity to discuss details of the private negotiations.

Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. gather near razor wire set up to inhibit the crossing of migrants into the U.S., as they seek to be processed by the United States Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas

A group of Venezuelans  used cardboard on their backs to avoid being cut while crawling under a razor wire barrier placed to stop migrants from entering El Paso, Texas

Concertina wire lines the path as members of Congress tour an area near the Texas-Mexico at the start of January

Miles and several layers of the wire are located in many cities and regions of the Texas-Mexico border– a border that is 1,254 miles long

In December, encounters averaged more than 9,500 per day, according to U.S. government statistics released on Friday.

The sweeping authority would be comparable to the COVID-era Title 42 policy put in place under Trump during the pandemic and which ended under Biden in May 2023.

Biden has grappled with record numbers of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border during his presidency.

Republicans contend Biden should have kept the restrictive policies of Republican former President Donald Trump,

Soldiers were seen loading excess wire into a truck at the border crossing at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass on Friday

Texas National Guard soldiers wait nearby the boat ramp where law enforcement enter the Rio Grande at Shelby Park on Friday

Under the new bill, migrants trying to claim asylum would still be able to do so at legal border crossings if the expulsion power was in effect, one of the sources said.

The U.S. would be required to allow at least 1,400 migrants per day to approach legal crossings to claim asylum if the expulsions were in effect, the source added.

The bill aims to resolve asylum claims in six months without detaining migrants, the source said, faster than the current process, which can take years.

Trump, however, took to social media last week to warn against any deal that fails to deliver everything Republicans want to shut down border crossings.

Biden also urged Congress on Friday to provide the funding he asked for in October to secure the border.

‘This includes an additional 1,300 border patrol agents, 375 immigration judges, 1,600 asylum officers, and over 100 cutting-edge inspection machines to help detect and stop fentanyl at our southwest border,’ the president said.   

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson who is a Republican said the deal is ‘dead on arrival’ in its current form.