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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Uriel J. García

Judge denies Texas’ request to stop feds from cutting border razor wire

National Guard members install concertina wire along the river bank on private property owned by the Urbinas in Eagle Pass, Texas on July 28, 2023. 
Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune
National Guard members install concertina wire along the bank of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass on July 28. Texas sued the federal government after U.S. Border Patrol agents began cutting or removing the wire to assist migrants. (Credit: Verónica Gabriela Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune)

A federal judge on Wednesday denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to stop Border Patrol agents from cutting concertina wire the state has laid out on the banks of the Rio Grande to stop migrants from crossing the border illegally.

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