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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Alejandro Serrano and Joshua Fechter

Feds can’t destroy razor wire Texas installed near Eagle Pass, appeals court rules

A row of shipping containers and razor wire placed on the banks of the Rio Grande River by Gov. Greg Abbott to form a makeshift border wall in Eagle Pass on Nov. 19, 2021.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has instructed the federal government to stop "damaging, destroying or interfering" with Texas’ concertina wire fence in the Eagle Pass area. (Credit: Chris Stokes for The Texas Tribune)

A federal appeals court on Wednesday stopped the federal government from destroying a fence of razor wire that Texas installed along the U.S.-Mexico border near Eagle Pass to deter migrants from entering the country illegally.

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