The attention of Washington has been divided between a series of crises in recent weeks, from the chaotic intraparty fiasco of selecting a new Republican as Speaker of the House, to the paradigm-shattering war between Israel and Hamas.
All the while, a series of slightly more quiet, but no less consequential, disputes have been simmering between the Biden administration and Texas leaders over the fate of the state’s international border with Mexico, including a set of lawsuits that will determine the shape of immigration to come.
