In response to an unprecedented wave of illegal migration, the state of Texas has begun erecting razor-wire fencing to secure its border with Mexico.

However, the state alleges in a new lawsuit that the Biden administration is undermining that effort by having federal agents cut holes in the fences. 

Texas says White House is actively helping illegal aliens to cross the border

According to The Hill, that suit was announced in a press release earlier this week put out by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The press release asserts that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel are "destroying Texas’s concertina wire to encourage, induce, and assist thousands of aliens to illegally cross the Rio Grande."

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Over Destruc­tion of Texas Bor­der Barrier: https://t.co/nbPv594Upw

— Texas Attorney General (@TXAG) October 24, 2023

It also maintains that the agents have "in some cases attempted to ease aliens' ability to illegally climb up the riverbank into Texas by attaching ropes or cables to the back of pickup trucks."

"Agents were physically cutting wires"

Paxton was quoted as saying in the release that "Texas has the sovereign right to construct border barriers to prevent the entry of illegal aliens."

Meanwhile, The Hill noted that Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbot issued a statement of his own in which he too slammed the president.

"Americans across the country were horrified to watch Biden's open-border policy in action: agents were physically cutting wires and assisting the aliens’ entry into our state," Abbot declared.

"This is illegal. It puts our country and our citizens at risk. The courts must put a stop to it, or Biden’s free-for-all will make this crushing immigration crisis even worse," the governor insisted.

Texas and Biden administration fighting over use of floating barriers

The Hill recalled how Texas and the White House recently clashed in court over the state's deployment of floating barriers in the Rio Grande.

"We allege that Texas has flouted federal law by installing a barrier in the Rio Grande without obtaining the required federal authorization," Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta was quoted as saying.

"This floating barrier poses threats to navigation and public safety and presents humanitarian concerns," Gupta went on to say.

Fox News reported in September that while a federal judge ordered the barriers to be removed, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals later stayed that order while the matter was being litigated.