Paxton Vows to Protect Interstate Rio Grande Compact Over Biden Administration Objection

Bright lights illuminate the northern banks of the Rio Grande, the official border between the United States and Mexico, in El Paso, Texas, on June 30, 2007. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

After years of dispute and finally reaching an historic agreement over the use of water from the Rio Grande River, the states of Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado are requesting a special master, and eventually the U.S. Supreme Court, to approve their settlement terms in light of a recent objection raised by the Biden administration.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he will fight on their behalf after the states finally resolved a dispute over an 84-year-old compact that Texas sued over in 2013.