Justice Department appeals to justices over Texas border barrier

The federal government asked the Supreme Court to greenlight barrier construction in Texas.

Federal attorneys petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court injunction that halted border barrier construction in the Big Bend sector of Texas. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued the judicial block improperly interferes with federal operations. The administration seeks to resume building infrastructure along the southern border.

• The legal filingThe Department of Justice submitted the emergency appeal to remove the current judicial restriction.
• The administration viewGovernment lawyers characterized the lower court ruling as entirely without merit.

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