Case in point, they tried to divert $1.4 billion in congressionally funded appropriations away from border wall construction.
A U.S. District Court handed Texas a win in the first round of a case that consolidated two lawsuits filed against the Biden administration for halting border wall construction.
Because contracts had already been implemented, it cost taxpayers an initial $6 million, then $3 million a day for the border wall not to be built.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton applauded the ruling: Advertisement Paxton's tweet continues: 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 has been winding its way through the courts since 2021: In October 2021, Missouri and Texas sued the president and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, requesting the court order them to complete border wall construction.
The cases were consolidated, and as they progressed, Mayorkas moved forward with reallocating border wall funding to focus on environmental projects and maintenance repairs instead. Advertisement In his ruling, the judge said that Texas had proven injury: "Texas has shown injury-in-fact through costs that it has incurred in administering driver's licenses, education, and healthcare to a rising number of illegal aliens," he wrote in his ruling.
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