White House turns to US Supreme Court in Texas razor-wire border dispute


FILE PHOTO: Visitors walk in front of the United States Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a federal appeals court temporarily blocked it from destroying razor wire fencing that Texas placed along its border with Mexico to deter illegal border crossings.

The administration asked the justices to halt a December ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that prohibited Border Patrol agents from cutting or moving the disputed fencing while litigation plays out.

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