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Texas Rejects Biden Administration's Cease-and-Desist Letter over Blocking of Border Area

A string of buoys is deployed to prevent migrants from swimming across the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass on July 13, 2023. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar/The Texas Tribune)

Texas said it will refuse to comply with a cease-and-desist letter from the Biden administration aimed at stopping the state from blocking access to an area of the U.S. southern border.

Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the administration saying that the "facts and law side with Texas" in its decision to have the state's national guard take over Shelby Park, a hotspot of immigration in Eagle Pass.

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