A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled that Border Patrol agents cannot cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border in the town of Eagle Pass, which has become the center of the state’s aggressive measures to curb migrant crossings.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had sued the Biden administration after Border Patrol agents had cut the razor wire.

A federal appeals court has blocked the Biden administration from removing razor wire put up by Texas officials on the Mexico border.

A federal appeals court has sided with Texas in preventing federal agents from cutting or damaging razor wire fences along the Texas-Mexico border.

The Biden-Harris administration was blocked from destroying razor-wire fencing Texas officials placed along the US-Mexico border by a federal appeals court Wednesday. In a 2-1 decision, the New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Texas “will likely succeed” in a lawsuit arguing that the federal government would be in violation of state trespassing laws if it were to cut down concertina wire placed in Eagle Pass — a hot