Texas Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ken-paxton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ken Paxton</a> opened up an investigation into a Boeing supplier&#8217;s DEI policies amid growing concern over the aircraft company’s safety and quality standards. 
Paxton <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-opens-investigation-parts-supplier-boeing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Thursday that his office would be investigating Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, the company <a href="https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2024/02/21/with-boeing-in-hot-seat-over-alaska-airlines-fuselage-blowout-claims-against-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-take-shape/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responsible</a> for building much of Boeing’s 737 MAX 9 aircraft. Boeing’s 737 Max has come under intense scrutiny after a door plug on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX flew off mid-flight in January, prompting federal investigations. 
“The potential risks associated with certain airplane models are deeply concerning and potentially life-threatening to Texans,” Paxton said in a statement. “I will hold any company responsible if they fail to maintain the standards required by the law and will do everything in my power to ensure manufacturers take passenger safety seriously.”
Paxton’s office said Texas was investigating Spirit because “apparent manufacturing defects have led to numerous concerning or dangerous incidents, some of which occurred in-air.”  
As part of the investigation, Paxton has requested that Spirit turn over documents pertaining to its DEI policies as part of a probe into whether its DEI initiatives are lawful and potentially compromising manufacturing standards. 
In a <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Spirit%20Aero%20Request%20to%20Examine%20Letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to the supplier, Paxton asks for copies of the minutes to Spirit’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Council meetings as well as employee demographics prior to the enactment of its DEI policies. 
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On its <a href="https://www.spiritaero.com/company/diversity-equity-inclusion/overview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, Spirit highlights its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. “Cultivating a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion directly aligns with our <a href="https://www.spiritaero.com/company/overview/spirit-values/">values</a> and is a key enabler to achieving our overall business strategy to enhance performance,” Spirit says. 
Paxton also asked for records of manufacturing defects in relevant products. All the documents must be produced by April 17. 
The investigation comes just days after Boeing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-boeing-leadership-to-leave-company-after-alaska-airlines-flight-loses-door-plug-midflight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that top leadership, including CEO David Calhoun, would be leaving the company. Leadership leaving the company include board chair Larry Kellner resigning from his position in May and Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal retiring immediately. Boeing Chief Operation Officer Stephanie Pope will take over from Deal, while Steve Mollenkopf will become the company’s new board chair.

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Texas Investigating Boeing Supplier Over DEI Policies Amid Aircraft Safety Concerns

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Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Ken Paxton

Texas

U.S.

Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton settled a nearly decade-long federal indictment this week after reaching a deal with prosecutors that will allow him to avoid a criminal trial and having to spend any time behind bars.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/politics/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-texas-plea-deal-securities-fraud.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes">reported</a> that Paxton does not have to admit guilt as part of the agreement but must pay approximately $300,000 in restitution, take legal ethics courses, and perform community service.
“No judge can force a prosecutor to present evidence or call witnesses,” Judge Andrea Beall said in court on Tuesday. &#8220;This court does not have any say in this contract.”
While serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 2011, Paxton was accused of misleading investors &#8220;into putting money into a Dallas-area technology company without disclosing to them that he was making a commission on their investments,&#8221; the report said.
Paxton&#8217;s lawyer, Dan Cogdell, said he would never admit guilt in the case because &#8220;he’s not guilty.&#8221;
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“The question wasn’t whether anyone was going to win,” said special prosecutor Brian Wice. “The question was whether we had honored our oath to seek justice, and that’s what we believe that we did.”
Paxton <a href="https://twitter.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1772680069523108039">responded</a> to the outcome, &#8220;For over a decade, my family and I have been dealing with the ongoing stress of these accusations and are relieved to finally have a resolution in this matter.&#8221;
&#8220;The prosecution came to us to begin negotiations and we were able to come to an agreement on terms. There will never be a conviction in this case nor am I guilty,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I look forward to putting this behind me. I want to thank my family, team, and supporters for sticking by my side. Dealing with a 10-year case looming over our heads was no easy task. I am glad to move on and will provide further comment in the weeks ahead.&#8221;

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Courts

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told The Daily Wire that “literally every sale” made by Colony Ridge, a Texas development that’s become a magnet for illegal immigrants, could be in violation of consumer protection law, posing an existential threat to the controversial development company.
Paxton recently announced a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-colony-ridge-alleges-fraudulent-practices">lawsuit into Colony Ridge</a>, the Texas development that uses potentially illegal financial and marketing practices to attract illegal immigrants, with the suit alleging consumer protection violations and fraudulent practices.
“Literally every sale they make could be a penalty,” Paxton explained in an interview with The Daily Wire. “That’s the design of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, is to protect consumers, because each of these consumers individually don’t have the money or the resources to go sue.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/deportation-paperwork-failure-squatter-takeover-3-21-24">Listen to more of our interview with Ken Paxton on Morning Wire</a>
The lawsuit could be financially devastating for Colony Ridge, with Paxton detailing the type of financial penalties that could be assessed against the development.
“Typically under the deceptive trade practice, it’s $10,000 per violation,” he stated before adding that the state is also seeking punitive damages from the development. With an estimated 50,000 to 75,000 current residents, violations could result in severe financial penalties.
The development came under the national spotlight late last summer after an investigation by The Daily Wire detailed its marketing practices, which are exclusively in Spanish and highlight the ability to &#8220;own land in the United States&#8221; without traditional identification or financing arrangements. The Texas state legislature worked to address concerns about rising crime and other issues during a special session, and Paxton also indicated that his office would be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-receives-briefing-on-colony-ridge-calls-illegal-immigrant-development-completely-insane">taking a close look</a> at Colony Ridge.
READ MORE: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-colony-ridge-the-fastest-growing-development-in-the-u-s-is-a-magnet-for-illegal-immigrants">Inside Colony Ridge: The ‘Fastest Growing Development’ In The U.S. Is A Magnet For Illegal Immigrants</a>
The Attorney General honed in on the specifics of the lawsuit, asserting that Colony Ridge targets Hispanics, including a significant number of illegal immigrants, who do not speak English and are unable to read financial documents that the development requires them to sign.
“I think they’re targeting Hispanics. They’re targeting people that they think they can sell this to and they might not understand because of the language barrier what they’re actually signing up for,” Paxton charged. “Since many of them are illegal, they’re not used to knowing what the culture is here.”
“They’re not realizing that they’re not actually getting the infrastructure that’s being promised. They’re not getting a good deal on their lot and their house. They’re overcharged on … the financing of it and the fees, and it makes it very difficult to sustain,” Paxton explained. “Ultimately what happens is many of them lose their homes and then these developers just resell it.”
The lawsuit from Paxton comes as the embattled development also faces a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-doj-sues-colony-ridge-for-bait-and-switch-sales-predatory-financing">joint lawsuit</a> from the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which similarly alleges that Colony Ridge has engaged in predatory financial practices.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/environmental-protection-agency-confirms-active-investigation-into-colony-ridge">confirmed</a> that Colony Ridge is being investigated by the Environmental Protection Agency while the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/12/29/news/feds-sue-illegal-immigrant-magnet-colony-ridge-developers/">reported</a> that the development is also facing investigations from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

TX AG Ken Paxton

AG Paxton: ‘Literally Every Sale’ By Colony Ridge Could Be In Violation Of Consumer Protection Law

Colony Ridge

Immigration

Texas can enforce a law allowing state authorities to arrest immigrants suspected of crossing the border illegally, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, another development in the complicated battle between the Republican-led state and the Biden administration.
The high court voted 6-3 to reject the Biden administration&#8217;s emergency request for a stay on the Texas law while litigation continues in lower courts, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-texas-enforce-immigration-law-rcna142971" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. All six conservative justices voted to reject the administration&#8217;s request, while the three liberal justices dissented.
The Supreme Court ruling comes just a day after the court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scotus-indefinitely-blocks-texas-law-allowing-police-to-arrest-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">extended an administrative stay</a> on Texas&#8217; immigration law while considering the Biden administration&#8217;s emergency appeal. The majority did not provide the reasoning behind its decision, as is the case with most emergency applications, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/19/politics/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-begin-enforcing-controversial-immigration-law/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Senate Bill 4, signed into law by Republican Governor Greg Abbott in December, has gone through a rollercoaster court battle in recent weeks. SB 4 was initially blocked by a federal judge before a federal appeals court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/appeals-court-reverses-block-on-texas-law-allowing-police-to-arrest-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reversed</a> the judge’s decision and allowed the law to go into effect. However, the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-extends-stay-preventing-texas-from-enforcing-immigration-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stepped in</a> earlier this month — first extending a stay on the law’s implementation before ruling Tuesday that the law can go into effect.
SB 4 allows state officials to arrest and jail immigrants suspected of entering the U.S. unlawfully and also grants state judges the power to order deportations. The law drew harsh criticism from the Biden administration, which cited the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, arguing that the Texas law interferes with federal immigration law.
In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed with the Biden administration and warned of the consequences she believes will come from allowing the law to be enforced.
&#8220;The court gives a green light to a law that will upend the longstanding federal-state balance of power and sow chaos,&#8221; she wrote.
Proponents of SB 4, such as Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, argue that the state has a constitutional right and duty to protect itself from what they view as an invasion at the U.S. southern border.
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“[The] Constitution recognizes that Texas has the sovereign right to defend itself from violent transnational cartels that flood the State with fentanyl, weapons, and all manner of brutality,” Paxton said.

Southern Border

SCOTUS Rejects Biden Admin’s Emergency Appeal, Says Texas Can Enforce Immigration Law

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Border Crisis

Greg Abbott

Politics

SCOTUS

Supreme Court

Two Republican attorneys general secured a legal win on Friday in their effort to block the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> from redirecting federal funds designated for build a border wall. 
Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas and Attorney General Andrew Bailey of Missouri were granted a preliminary injunction from U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton to block the Biden administration from using funds appropriated by Congress for a border wall for other purposes. 
“Today, I secured a preliminary injunction against an attempt by the Biden Administration to illegally redirect statutorily obligated funds away from the construction of a border wall,” Paxton <a href="https://twitter.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1766258390706098284" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to X on Friday. “Biden acted completely improperly by refusing to spend the money that Congress appropriated for border wall construction, and even attempting to redirect those funds. His actions demonstrate his desperation for open borders at any cost, but Texas has prevailed.”
The case focused on roughly $1.4 billion that was appropriated by Congress in 2020 and 2021 for the construction of a border wall. President Joe Biden issued an order on the day he was inaugurated pausing the funds from being used for that purpose, and the Department of Homeland Security subsequently came up with two plans for alternative ways to use the money. 
The Biden administration was then sued separately by the Texas Land Commission and the states of Missouri and Texas before the case was consolidated under one lawsuit. The plaintiffs asked for an injunction to stop the implementation of Biden&#8217;s &#8220;proclamation and to order DHS to obligate the funds that have been congressionally appropriated for the construction of a barrier system at the Southwest border,” Tipton <a href="https://ago.mo.gov/wp-content/uploads/GLO-v.-Biden-Border-Wall-Order-and-Judgment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
“DHS argues in response that, notwithstanding the language in the statute, an injunction would be inappropriate because the challenged spending decisions are committed to its discretion,” Tipton added. “The Court disagrees. Whether the Executive Branch must adhere to federal laws is not, as a general matter, an area traditionally left to its discretion. And without that discretion, DHS’s spending decisions run afoul of the APA [Administrative Procedures Act].”
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Tipton ordered the Biden administration to stop its plan to allocate the funds for any other purpose than the construction of physical barriers like additional wall, fencing, or buoys. 
“The Biden Administration has failed to abide by the law to finish the construction of a wall along the southwest border,” Bailey <a href="https://ago.mo.gov/attorney-general-bailey-obtains-court-order-blocking-joe-biden-from-illegally-diverting-funds-away-from-building-the-border-wall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Joe Biden refuses to carry out his constitutionally mandated responsibilities, so we took him to court to force him to do his job. This is a huge step forward in the fight to secure our border at a key moment in our nation’s history.”

TOPSHOT-US-MEXICO-BORDER-FENCE

Republican Attorneys General Pick Up Win In Border Wall Fight With Biden Administration

Border Wall

Illegal Immigration

Joe Biden

Missouri

Texas Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ken-paxton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ken Paxton</a> is suing to revoke a nongovernmental organization&#8217;s license to operate in the state, saying that his office suspects the organization is facilitating illegal immigration. 
Paxton announced Tuesday that his office was suing Annunciation House, a Catholic group that <a href="https://annunciationhouse.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> it offers hospitality to migrants in El Paso, to shut down the organization in the state after it failed to produce documents requested by Texas. Paxton’s office <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-end-ngos-operations-texas-after-discovering-potential-efforts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> it suspects the group is facilitating illegal entry into the United States, alien harboring, operating a stash house, and human smuggling. 
“The chaos at the southern border has created an environment where NGOs, funded with taxpayer money from the Biden Administration, facilitate astonishing horrors including human smuggling,” Paxton said. “While the federal government perpetuates the lawlessness destroying this country, my office works day in and day out to hold these organizations responsible for worsening illegal immigration.”
Paxton said that the organization has not produced a single document his office has requested. His suit to revoke the ability of Annunciation House to operate in the state comes after the organization sued Texas to block document requests. 
“OAG seeks to revoke Annunciation House’s registration on the grounds that it has violated the law and failed to permit OAG to inspect, examine, and make copies of Annunciation House’s records in response to a valid Request to Examine,” the <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Annunciation%20House%20Answer%20and%20Counterclaim%20Filed.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">court filing</a> says.
Reuben Garcia, the director of Annunciation House, <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/20/ken-paxton-el-paso-annunciation-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Paxton’s suit was unfounded.
“The Attorney General’s illegal, immoral and anti-faith position to shut down Annunciation House is unfounded,” he said. “If the work that Annunciation House conducts is illegal – so too is the work of our local hospitals, schools, and food banks.”
A criminal investigator with the Texas Attorney General’s Office said that a source gave them information on the Annunciation House through a staff member with the group. 
“The staff member stated, if a person crossed the border into the United States undetected, that they Annunciation House would be able to assist them and provide shelter at their facility,” the investigator said. “The staff member stated, if the person crossed the border and was placed in a shelter by immigration, then they wouldn’t be able to provide any shelter. The staff member advised the best way is to enter via the Port of Entry, but that is not always ideal.”
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“The staff member also advised that they could help a person with paperwork and in the past, they had ways to help people on the other side of the border in Mexico to assist persons in coming over, but currently do not have that available service in Mexico,” the criminal investigator added. 
Under President Joe Biden, record numbers of illegal immigrants have crossed into the United States, with many coming through Texas. The Biden administration has sued Texas over several measures the state has tried to implement to crack down on illegal crossings.

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Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said on Tuesday that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> should continue to defend its southern border despite the Supreme Court’s decision to grant an emergency request from the Biden administration.
Roy said that the state had a duty to defend its citizens and should continue to do so after the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that razor wire placed at the border by the state, meant to deter illegal immigration, could be removed by federal agents. The razor wire was at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, a location that has experienced large surges of illegal immigrants. 
“They have a duty under the Constitution… and every other norm of leadership of any sovereign state, to protect your citizens, period, full stop. There is no exception to that,&#8221; Roy <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chip-roy-urges-texas-officials-ignore-supreme-court-order-border-razor-wire-go-hell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News. &#8220;And if the Supreme Court wants to ignore that truth, which a slim majority did, Texas still had the duty, Texas leaders still have the duty, to defend their people.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s like, if someone&#8217;s breaking into your house, and the court says, &#8216;Oh, sorry. You can&#8217;t defend yourself.&#8217; What do you tell the court? You tell the court to go to hell, you defend yourself and then figure it out later,” he added. 
In a post to X, Roy said that political leaders would do more if the crisis were affecting Connecticut and not Texas. “Texas should do what it sees fit to secure the border in the face of federal abandonment,” he said. 
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If this were happening daily in Greenwich, CT and not Leakey, TX we’d see more politicians lifting a finger. 
Texas should do what it sees fit to secure the border in the face of federal abandonment <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TX21?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TX21</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HR2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HR2</a> <a href="https://t.co/EJAosMCtJz">pic.twitter.com/EJAosMCtJz</a>
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Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton have both promised to continue fighting the Biden administration to curb the wave of illegal crossings.
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“This is not over,” Abbott <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1749580358583038371" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, responding to the ruling. “Texas’ razor wire is an effective deterrent to the illegal crossings Biden encourages. I will continue to defend Texas’ constitutional authority to secure the border and prevent the Biden Admin from destroying our property.” 
The case over the razor wire remains ongoing. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments on February 7. 
“The Supreme Court’s temporary order allows Biden to continue his illegal effort to aid the foreign invasion of America,” Paxton <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-responds-scotus-ruling-concertina-wire-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “The destruction of Texas’s border barriers will not help enforce the law or keep American citizens safe. This fight is not over, and I look forward to defending our state’s sovereignty.”
The Biden administration has also sued Texas over placing barriers in the Rio Grande River and a new state law that allows the state to arrest illegal immigrants for trespassing.

Surge Of Migrants Overwhelms Border Crossings

Texas Rep Calls On State To Defy Supreme Court Border Decision

Border Patrol

Chip Roy

Congress

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday that the Biden administration may cut through or tear down razor wire that the state of Texas has placed along the U.S.-Mexico border as it seeks to stop foreign nationals from illegally crossing into the U.S.
The short order noted that Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Neil Gorsuch, and Justice Brett Kavanaugh all would have denied the Biden administration&#8217;s request.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott had roughly 30 miles of razor wire installed along the border near the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass to slow down the flood of illegal immigrants coming into Texas due to Biden&#8217;s open border policies.
The state filed a lawsuit after the U.S. Border Patrol <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-officials-cut-razor-wire-on-southern-border-opening-the-floodgates-to-illegal-immigrants">repeatedly</a> cut through <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-feds-cut-through-razor-wire-placed-by-texas-authorities-to-let-illegals-into-u-s">sections</a> of razor wire to let illegal aliens into the U.S., saying that they damaged state property and were trespassing, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-border-patrol-agents-remove-razor-wire-installed-rcna132890">NBC News</a>.
“The Biden Administration has repeatedly cut wire that Texas installed to stop illegal crossings, opening the floodgates to illegal immigrants,&#8221; a spokesperson for Abbott said. &#8220;This case is ongoing, and Governor Abbott will continue fighting to defend Texas&#8217; property and its constitutional authority to secure the border.&#8221;
The razor wire was installed as part of Operation Lone Star, which Abbott launched in March 2021 due to Biden refusing to enforce U.S. immigration law and Biden&#8217;s policies leading to an explosion in illegal immigration on the southern border.
&#8220;It&#8217;s all along the border, but the main focal point is here in Eagle Pass,&#8221; said Sgt. Rene Cordova. &#8220;We&#8217;re getting high crossings from different parts of the world.&#8221;
The operation has detained nearly half a million illegal aliens with nearly 40,000 thousand facing criminal charges, according to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/governor-abbotts-operation-lone-star-touts-thousands-of-arrests-10-billion-cost/">CBS News</a>. More than 453 million doses of the lethal drug fentanyl have been seized during the course of the operation.
Following the Supreme Court ruling, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-ag-paxton-promises-fight-not-over-after-scotus-rule-biden-admins-razor-wire-cutting">vowed</a> that &#8220;the fight is not over.&#8221;
&#8220;The Supreme Court’s temporary order allows Biden to continue his illegal effort to aid the foreign invasion of America,&#8221; Paxton said. &#8220;The destruction of Texas’s border barriers will not help enforce the law or keep American citizens safe. This fight is not over, and I look forward to defending our state’s sovereignty.&#8221;

Detained immigrants at Eagle Pass, TX.

Supreme Court Authorizes Biden Admin To Tear Down Texas Razor Wire Securing Border

The Department of Homeland Security is demanding that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> relinquish control of a border park that the Texas National Guard occupied last week as part of the state’s crackdown on illegal immigration. 
In a cease-and-desist <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24361467-letter-to-k-paxton-from-j-meyer-1142024">letter</a> to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton provided by NBC News, the DHS said that the Texas National Guard needs to cede control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass back to the Border Patrol. There have been surges of illegal immigrants coming into Texas through Shelby Park and Texas has argued that federal officials have only exacerbated the crisis leading the state to block off access to the area to federal agents. 
“The recent actions by the State of Texas have impeded operations of the Border Patrol. Those actions conflict with the authority and duties of Border Patrol under federal law and are preempted under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. Texas’s actions also improperly seek to regulate the federal government,” DHS General Counsel Jonathan Meyer wrote to Paxton. 
“While Texas has claimed that it has re-opened the use of Shelby Park to the public, it continues to prevent Border Patrol from entering, and from using the area under the adjacent port of entry where Border Patrol has certain property stored for use when migrants are apprehended,” the letter added. 
The DHS wants Texas to remove all barriers to access they have put up in the park and give the federal government access to the area. It said it would consider all options to end Texas control of the area if Texas does not follow the DHS’s request. 
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The letter also suggested that Texas was partially responsible for the death of three migrants who were attempting to cross the Rio Grande near the park. The letter claimed that Texas “refused” to help the two migrants, a claim that the Texas Military Department <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-military-refutes-democrat-congressmans-claims-that-it-didnt-try-to-save-drowning-illegal-aliens" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has disputed</a>.
“TMD had a unit in the vicinity of the boat ramp and actively searched the river with lights and night vision goggles. No migrants were observed,” the Texas Military Department said. “At approximately 9:45pm TMD observed a group of Mexican authorities responding to an incident on the Mexico-side of the river bank. TMD reported their observations back to Border Patrol and they confirmed that the Mexican authorities required no additional assistance.”
The letter is part of the ongoing feud between Texas and the Biden administration over the southern border. Texas has argued that President Joe Biden’s policies have encouraged record surges at the border and that the federal government has not done its duty to secure the border.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> panel is pressing the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/state-department" target="_blank" rel="noopener">State Department</a> to be more forthcoming in a probe into alleged government <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/censorship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">censorship</a> that is also the subject of a lawsuit brought by The Daily Wire.
GOP lawmakers, who are looking into whether the government funded private entities to discredit small businesses and their owners over their political speech and views, <a href="https://smallbusiness.house.gov/uploadedfiles/01.08.2024_-_letter_3_to_global_engagement_center_re_censorship.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a letter</a> on Monday to James Rubin, coordinator of the agency&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-twitter-files-twitter-and-the-fbi-belly-button">Global Engagement Center</a> (GEC), <a href="https://smallbusiness.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=405837" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contending</a> the organization&#8217;s previous delivery of information to Congress &#8220;appears to be incomplete&#8221; with dozens of awards doled out in recent years seemingly omitted from the tranche.
“The GEC award recipients revealed in its partial production have caused enough concern that the Committee is requesting more detailed information to understand the reality and scope of what these companies are using taxpayer dollars for,&#8221; wrote Small Business Committee Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) and Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations.
&#8220;The GEC’s initial production was provided to the Committee over five months after the requested due date of June 21, 2023. The result was a five-page spreadsheet; there is no reason the GEC would need one month per page of production. The Committee needs all relevant documents to ensure all American small businesses are able to compete online without interference from the federal government,&#8221; they added.
On its website, the GEC touts how it is focused on <a href="https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-public-diplomacy-and-public-affairs/global-engagement-center/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;proactively&#8221; leading</a> interagency efforts to counter disinformation and propaganda from foreign adversaries. But Republicans suspect the center is surreptitiously propping up activities that suppress free speech at home, particularly on social media as has been illustrated by the &#8220;Twitter Files,&#8221; and they have talked about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-unveils-budget-wishlist-to-fight-weaponized-federal-agencies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pulling taxpayer dollars</a> from the GEC.
A deadline of January 22 was given for the additional documents and information requested by the lawmakers.
A State Department spokesperson told The Daily Wire that the agency is &#8220;committed to being responsive to congressional oversight and continues to work with the House Small Business Committee on its requests.&#8221; The spokesperson added, &#8220;However, as a general matter, we do not comment on our communications with Congress.&#8221;
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-us-state-department-conspiring-censor-american-media-companies-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> with The Daily Wire and The Federalist last month in suing the State Department, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-wire-and-the-federalist-sue-biden-state-department-over-censorship-effort" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accusing the government agency</a> of funding censorship technology designed to bankrupt domestic media outlets with disfavored political opinions. The lawsuit seeks to put a stop to the alleged effort to boost censorship organizations that regularly target conservative media outlets with the stated goal of limiting ad revenue.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/technology/state-department-disinformation-criticism.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published a report last month</a> that said Rubin rejected claims that his organization censors Americans&#8217; comments online. “What we do not do is examine or analyze the U.S. information space,” he said.
Also noted in the article was how the Supreme Court is poised to weigh in on a broader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-scores-victory-against-order-blocking-contact-with-social-media-companies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media censorship case</a> brought by the GOP attorneys general from Missouri and Louisiana in the spring following an appeals court panel ruling that said there was &#8220;no indication that State Department officials flagged specific content for censorship, suggested policy changes to the platforms or engaged in any similar actions that would reasonably bring their conduct within the scope of the First Amendment’s prohibitions.&#8221;

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The Biden administration filed a lawsuit against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> on Wednesday over a state law that makes it a crime to illegally enter the state, giving state officials more power to secure the border. 
The lawsuit was announced by the Department of Justice and says that the law (SB 4) violates the Constitution because the federal government is supposed to have authority over immigration and international borders. Proponents of the law say that it is necessary because the Biden administration has done little to secure the border amid a record-breaking flood of illegal crossings. 
“SB 4 is clearly unconstitutional,” said Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. “Under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution and longstanding Supreme Court precedent, states cannot adopt immigration laws that interfere with the framework enacted by Congress. The Justice Department will continue to fulfill its responsibility to uphold the Constitution and enforce federal law.”
Last week, the Biden administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-threatens-to-sue-texas-over-law-giving-state-power-to-crack-down-on-illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatened to sue</a> Texas if Governor Greg Abbott did not commit to not enforcing the law, which Abbott did not do.
The law, which Abbott approved earlier this month, will allow Texas judges to deport those who cross into the state back to Mexico, which would be a direct challenge to the catch-and-release policy currently practiced by the Biden administration. Abbott said he was confident that the law will survive the lawsuit from Biden. 
“Biden sued me today because I signed a law making it illegal for an illegal immigrant to enter or attempt to enter Texas directly from a foreign nation. I like my chances. Texas is the only government in America trying to stop illegal immigration,” Abbott <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1742728486299521415" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he was ready to defend legal challenges from the federal government and the ACLU, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aclu-sues-over-texas-law-allowing-state-officials-to-arrest-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">which has claimed</a> that the law is discriminatory. 
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“SB 4 was created to address the endless stream of illegal immigration facilitated by the Biden administration. Millions of unvetted foreign aliens have been released into Texas due to President Biden’s policies of dismantling border security at the US-Mexico border, collaborating with cartels, and inviting violent criminals and drug traffickers to enter the country,” Paxton <a href="https://twitter.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1742690050817544246" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Just as I am prepared to fight the lawsuit brought by the extremist ACLU and the nonprofits enriching themselves due to the federal government’s open borders doctrine, I am prepared to fight the Biden Administration whose immigration disaster is leading our country to ruin. Texas has the sovereign right to protect our state.”
Illegal border crossings have continued to hit records under President Joe Biden, including an <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrant-encounters-southern-border-hit-record-302k-december-sources-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">all-time record</a> of 302,000 encounters in December alone. House Speaker Mike Johnson visited the southern border on Wednesday calling on the White House to secure the border.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ken-paxton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ken Paxton</a> accused the Biden administration on Sunday of helping cartels move people across the southern border.
The GOP prosecutor responded to the Department of Justice (DOJ) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-threatens-to-sue-texas-over-law-giving-state-power-to-crack-down-on-illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatening to sue</a> his state over a new law allowing Texas authorities to arrest migrants who enter the United States illegally and giving local judges <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/18/texas-governor-signs-bill-that-lets-police-arrest-migrants-who-enter-the-us-illegally-00132355" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more authority</a> to order them to leave.
&#8220;It&#8217;s pretty crazy to see what&#8217;s happened over the last three years of the Biden administration. Those numbers, as you have seen, get worse, not better,&#8221; Paxton said during an appearance on <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6344098159112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures,&#8221;</a> alluding to the record-setting number of migrants crossing the U.S. southern border.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not like they&#8217;re solving the problem. They&#8217;re actually helping aid and abet the cartels. And then Texas says, &#8216;We have had enough. We&#8217;re going to do something about it.&#8217; And then they threaten us from enforcing our own laws,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It seems pretty crazy. And it&#8217;s hard to believe that we have a government that is working against its own citizens and helping the cartels move as many people across the border as possible.&#8221;
In a letter sent to Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott last week, the DOJ threatened to sue, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-threatens-to-sue-texas-over-law-giving-state-power-to-crack-down-on-illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accusing the state of interfering</a> with the federal government by moving to enforce federal immigration law. Abbott&#8217;s office responded by saying Texas is ready to take the legal fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.
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Paxton argued there is &#8220;no way&#8221; U.S. immigration courts can manage the number of asylum seekers, contending that the backlog allows people to &#8220;disappear&#8221; by the time their court date comes up. The Texas attorney general also said that dealing with the border crisis has a cost in the billions of dollars, but he stressed that crime, particularly human and drug trafficking, is the most &#8220;significant&#8221; problem arising from the situation.
&#8220;We have literally thousands of kids dying from fentanyl overdoses that don&#8217;t have to die because we have the cartels having an easy line into Texas and an easy line to get into the country,&#8221; Paxton said. &#8220;And so it is having a significant impact, and it is going to spread beyond Texas, beyond the border states. It is an American problem. And I think it&#8217;s clearly caused by the Biden administration.&#8221;
Paxton also bemoaned how the federal government <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-orders-biden-admin-to-temporarily-stop-cutting-razor-wire-along-southern-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sought to remove</a> the razor wire that Texas officials installed along the Rio Grande River to stop illegal immigrants from entering the country, <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-administrative-stay-preventing-biden-and-mayorkas-destroying" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leading to</a> a legal challenge that is making its way <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/us/texas-border-wire-biden-administration.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">through the court system</a>.
&#8220;We merely want to protect our own citizens from the crime and the cost of illegal immigration, when it&#8217;s really their job to do it,&#8221; Paxton said. &#8220;And, instead, we&#8217;ve got the Biden administration, as I said, aiding and abetting the cartels, encouraging the cartels to make billions of dollars and to bring as many people here as possible — as fast as possible and as soon as possible.&#8221;

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