Texas Sues DHS for Cutting Razor Wire Barriers to Let in Illegal Immigrants

Lawsuit comes as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sought to prevent illegal border crossings through Operation Lone Star.

As seen from an aerial view a U.S. Border Patrol agent supervises as immigrants walk into the United States after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico on Sept. 30, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. The agent had cut coils of razor wire to let them pass through for processing. John Moore/Getty Images

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in federal court for cutting and destroying concertina wire barriers that Texas officials have placed along the southern border to deter illegal crossings.

Mr. Paxton, a Republican, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas’s Del Rio Division on Oct. 24, naming the department, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, and the U.S. Border Patrol as defendants in the case.