{"id":2150983,"date":"2024-01-16T19:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-issues-cease-and-desist-threat-to-texas-due-to-seizure-of-park-along-rio-grande\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T19:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:19:12","slug":"dhs-issues-cease-and-desist-threat-to-texas-due-to-seizure-of-park-along-rio-grande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-issues-cease-and-desist-threat-to-texas-due-to-seizure-of-park-along-rio-grande\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS warns Texas over Rio Grande park seizure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdhs-issues-cease-and-desist-threat-to-texas-due-to-seizure-of-park-along-rio-grande%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2150983&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">National Guard soldiers stand guard on the\u2063 banks \u2064of the Rio \u200dGrande river at Shelby Park \u2062on January 12,\u200c 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Texas \u200bNational Guard \u2063continues its blockade and surveillance of \u200bShelby\u2062 Park in an \u2064effort \u2062to deter illegal immigration. The Department of Justice has accused the Texas\u200b National Guard \u2063of blocking Border Patrol agents from carrying \u2064out their \u200dduties along the river. (Photo by Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth\u2062 Volberding<br \/><\/a>4:03 PM \u200c\u2013 Tuesday, January 16, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has threatened the \u2063state of Texas \u2064with legal consequences if it fails\u200b to stop its \u2063seizure of\u2063 a park \u2063that\u200c sits near the \u2062Rio\u2064 Grande River, alleging\u2062 that the decision is \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and hinders \u2062Border Patrol duties along the border. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On January 14<sup>th<\/sup>, DHS General Counsel Jonathan Meyer delivered a letter to Texas Attorney General\u2063 Ken Paxton, claiming that the state of Texas is being \u201cunconstitutional\u201d in\u200b its seizure of Customs and Border Protection\u2019s \u2062accession\u2064 to Shelby Park in Eagle Pass.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, the DHS General Counsel threatened the state of \u2063Texas, claiming that if the state continues to unconstitutionally block \u2062access to the park, the Justice Department will take \u201cappropriate action.\u201d  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTexas\u2019s actions are clearly unconstitutional and are \u2063actively disrupting the federal government\u2019s operations. We demand that Texas cease and\u2064 desist its efforts to block Border Patrol\u2019s access in and around the Shelby Park area and remove all barriers to access in the Shelby Park area,\u201d\u2063 the letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton read.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhile \u200bTexas\u200b has claimed that it has re-opened the use of Shelby Park to the\u2064 public, it continues to\u2064 prevent\u200c Border Patrol from entering, and \u200cfrom using the area\u200d under the adjacent port of entry\u2064 where Border Patrol has certain property stored \u2064for use when migrants are apprehended,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The state of\u2063 Texas\u2063 took over \u2062management of Shelby Park \u200bin Eagle Pass,\u2062 which\u2062 is an\u2062 area that was \u2063utilized as a holding area for processing on \u2064Wednesday while an influx of of \u200cmigrants came\u200c over to\u200c the busy crossing \u2063area. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2062Texas \u200bMilitary Department declared\u2064 that the \u2064decision was made to prepare\u200b for future illegal migrant \u200cswells and to prevent agencies that \u201cperpetuate illegal immigrant crossings in the\u2063 park and greater Eagle Pass \u200darea.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Biden\u200d administration also claimed that the Texas National Guard was preventing\u2063 Border Patrol agents from entering \u200dEagle Pass along\u200b a 2.5-mile\u2063 section of the southern border, which includes Shelby Park.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u200d has \u2063until Wednesday \u2063to \u201ccease \u2063and desist its efforts \u200dto\u2062 block Border Patrol\u2019s access in and\u2064 around the Shelby \u2063Park area and remove \u200ball barriers to access to\u2062 the U.S.-Mexico border,\u201d according to the letter from Meyer, dated January 14<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Meyer stated that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will be consulted \u201cfor \u2064appropriate action and consider all other options\u200c available to restore \u2063Border Patrol\u2019s access to the\u200d border.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTexas\u2019s failure to provide access to the border persists even \u2062in instances of imminent danger to life and safety,\u201d Meyer claimed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As part of an ongoing legal action regarding \u200bthe \u200bBiden administration\u2019s removal of razor wire that\u2062 was put in by\u200c Texas\u200c in order to\u200b prevent illegal crossings, the administration has already filed a complaint related to\u2063 that issue with the \u2064Supreme Court. <\/p>\n<p>Recently, the White\u200c House also claimed that Abbott was attempting to \u201cpoliticize\u200d the border\u201d with his actions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhether it is leaving migrants on the side \u2064of the road\u2064 in the dead of winter, installing razor \u200bwire to \u2063make Border Patrol\u2019s job \u200bmore dangerous, promoting extreme and unconstitutional laws like S.B. 4, or his latest actions in Eagle Pass, Governor\u200d Abbott has repeatedly proven that he is not interested in solutions and only seeks to politicize the border,\u201d the White House\u2063 statement read.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe President has been clear that we need adequate resources and \u2063policy changes, and that our immigration system is broken. That\u200b is why on his first day in office he presented Congress with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-revives-catch-and-release-to-avoid-housing-illegal-immigrants-amid-border-surge\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Revives \u2018Catch-And-Release\u2019 To Avoid Housing Illegal Immigrants Amid Border Surge\">comprehensive immigration reform plan<\/a>, and that\u2062 is \u200dwhy he is working to find a bipartisan agreement with Congress that includes funding and meaningful reforms,\u201d it \u200cadded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-scribd wp-block-embed-scribd wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DHS Letter to Paxton Over Shelby Park\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/699324916\/content\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"699324916\" width=\"790\" height=\"1000\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">          (function() { var scribd=document.createElement(\"script\"); scribd.type=\"text\/javascript\"; scribd.async=true; scribd.src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/javascripts\/embed_code\/inject.js\"; var s=document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })()        <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed!\u2063 Receive\u2063 breaking news \u200bblasts directly to\u200d your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this\u2062 post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Democrats have \u200da long history of not only\u2063 contesting\u2064 elections\u200d they lose, but blaming voter fraud and \u200deven demanding the elections be overturned.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As tensions grow in the Middle East, the threat of terror attacks here on U.S. soil are among some of \u200cthe concerns of U.S. officials. One America\u2019s Chief \u2063White House Correspondent Monica Paige breaks down these increasing fears.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Kalen D\u2019Almedia<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla\u00a0CEO\u200d Elon Musk said \u200che would be uncomfortable \u200dgrowing the automaker to be a leader in AI and robotics\u2064 without\u2062 having \u200bat least 25% voting control of the company.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google is set to go before a\u200d federal jury in Boston on Tuesday \u200dover accusations that its processors infringe a computer scientist\u2019s\u200b patents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI and its financial\u2062 backer Microsoft were \u2064sued in Manhattan federal court by a pair of nonfiction authors who say the companies \u2062misused their work to train \u200dthe AI models\u2062 behind \u2063AI-based\u2064 services.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SpaceX sued a U.S. labor board\u200b to block its \u2064case accusing the company of illegally firing employees calling CEO Elon\u200d Musk \u201ca distraction and embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2063 rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What are \u200bthe specific actions taken by Texas \u2063that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) considers to be unconstitutional?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Department of Homeland Security \u200b(DHS) has issued a warning to the state\u200c of Texas regarding its seizure of a park near \u2064the Rio Grande River. \u200bThe DHS claims that \u2063Texas&#8217;s\u2064 actions are &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; and hinder the\u2064 duties of\u200b Border Patrol agents\u2063 along the border.<\/p>\n<p>On\u2062 January 14th, DHS General Counsel\u2063 Jonathan Meyer sent a letter to Texas Attorney General\u2062 Ken Paxton, stating that the state&#8217;s seizure of Customs and Border Protection&#8217;s \u200daccession to Shelby Park\u200d in\u2062 Eagle Pass is unconstitutional. The letter also warned \u2063that if Texas continues to block\u200b access to the park, the Justice \u2062Department will take appropriate action.<\/p>\n<p>The letter reads, &#8220;Texas&#8217;s actions are \u2062clearly unconstitutional and are actively disrupting the \u2063federal government&#8217;s operations. We \u2063demand that Texas \u200bcease and desist its efforts to block Border Patrol&#8217;s access in and around the Shelby Park area and \u200bremove\u200c all barriers to access in the Shelby Park area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the letter states that Texas&#8217;s \u2064claim of reopening the park to the public is false, \u200das Border\u200c Patrol agents \u2063are still being prevented \u200cfrom entering the\u200b area where certain property is stored for use when migrants \u2064are apprehended.<\/p>\n<p>The state \u2064of Texas took over\u2064 the management of Shelby Park in order to\u200b prepare for future illegal migrant influxes and to\u200c prevent agencies \u2064that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-blocks-federal-agents-from-section-of-border\/\" title=\"Texas bars federal agents from part of border\">facilitate illegal immigrant crossings<\/a> in the park and surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dBiden administration has \u200baccused the Texas National Guard of preventing Border Patrol agents from entering\u2064 a 2.5-mile section of the\u200d southern border, \u2063including Shelby Park. According \u200dto Meyer&#8217;s letter,\u200b Texas has\u200b until Wednesday to remove all barriers and provide access to the U.S.-Mexico border. Failure\u2062 to do \u200bso may result in legal action and the \u2064consideration of other options to restore Border Patrol&#8217;s access.<\/p>\n<p>Meyer also claimed that \u2064Texas&#8217;s failure to provide access to the border persists even in instances of \u200bimminent danger to\u2063 life and safety.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2064issue is part of \u2064an\u2063 ongoing legal battle\u2063 between the \u2064Biden \u2064administration and Texas regarding the removal\u2064 of razor wire that \u2064was put\u200d in by the state\u2062 to prevent illegal crossings. The administration \u200bhas already filed a complaint related \u200cto this issue with \u2062the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has criticized Texas Governor Abbott, accusing him of politicizing the border with his actions. They claim that Abbott&#8217;s focus \u200con political gain undermines \u200defforts to find \u2062comprehensive solutions to the broken immigration \u2064system.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the DHS&#8217;s \u200dwarning to Texas highlights the ongoing tensions between the federal government\u200d and the\u2064 state over border \u2063control measures. \u2064The \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katie-hobbs-temporarily-stepped-down-as-arizona-governor-amid-senate-confirmation-fight\/\" title=\"Katie Hobbs temporarily steps down as Arizona Governor amidst Senate confirmation battle.\">dispute raises important questions<\/a> about the balance between state and\u200c federal\u2062 authority in addressing \u2062immigration issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Guard soldiers guard Rio Grande at Shelby Park, Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas National Guard maintains blockade and surveillance to deter illegal immigration. 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