Texas AG Responds to ‘Vile, Inaccurate Accusations’ in DHS Cease and Desist Letter

Texas will not surrender to Biden’s destructive open-border policies: Paxton

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a border town hall in Brackettville, Texas, on Oct. 11, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has responded to a cease-and-desist letter sent by the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) demanding state authorities stop “barring” federal Border Patrol agents from accessing a roughly 2.5-mile portion of the U.S.-Mexico border.

In his responding letter to DHS on Jan. 17, Mr. Paxton said Texas had “seized and secured” the Shelby Park area, in a legal manner, despite the Biden administration’s claims it had illegally done so.