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Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire at US-Mexico border

Venezuelans crawl through a hole in the razor wire to cross into Eagle Pass, Texas, on September 25, 2023 [File: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP]

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that Border Patrol agents may resume cutting a razor wire fence that Texas installed on its border with Mexico to deter migrants and asylum seekers from entering the country.

The 5-4 ruling on Monday was a victory for the administration of US President Joe Biden, issued in the midst of an ongoing legal battle that saw a federal appeals court force agents to stop cutting the fence last month.

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