A senior Customs and Border Safety (CBP) official instructed Fox Information there are “no plans” to take away razor wire alongside the southern border.
The official mentioned the Border Patrol has a “sturdy” relationship with Texas.
BREAKING: Senior CBP official tells FOX:
“The connection between the Border Patrol, Texas DPS and TMD stays sturdy… Backside line: The Border Patrol has no plans to take away the infrastructure (c-wire) positioned by Texas alongside the border. Our place stays the identical.” @FoxNews
— Griff Jenkins (@GriffJenkins) January 26, 2024
The Border Patrol Affiliation additionally shared a press release on the X matter.
“The rank and file BP brokers are usually not going to start out arresting TX NG members for following their LEGAL orders. That is pretend information,” they wrote. “TX NG and BP rank-and-file brokers work collectively and respect one another's work. Time. If TX NG members have LEGAL orders, then they have to comply with these orders.”
“TX NG members notice that rank-and-file BP brokers even have their orders. Lawful orders, irrespective of how unpopular or distasteful amongst rank-and-file brokers, have to be obeyed. Unlawful orders (as decided by competent counsel and never by some paralegal behind a keyboard) won’t be obeyed.”
“The rank and file BP brokers recognize and respect what TX is doing to defend their state within the midst of this catastrophe the Biden Admin has unleashed on America,” they continued. “We need to be completely clear, there isn’t a combat between BP and TX NG rank-and-file brokers, Governor Abbott, or TX DPS. It might make flashy headlines, but it surely's merely not true.”
Common BP brokers won’t begin arresting TX NG members for following their LEGAL orders. That is pretend information.
TX NG brokers and BP rank-and-file brokers work collectively and respect one another's work. Time. If TX NG members have LEGAL orders then they have to do…
— Border Patrol Union – NBPC (@BPUnion) January 26, 2024
Texas has put in extra razor wire regardless of a Supreme Court docket ruling that federal brokers can take away the fabric.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) instructed Fox Information she helps Abbott's continued protection of the border: “If Greg Abbott wants one other razor wire, I'm prepared to personally load it in a pickup truck!”