White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre celebrated on Tuesday the Supreme Court’s decision that allows Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire on the southern border because “it got in the way.”
Last year, Texas began installing razor wire on the southern border to deter migrants from entering the U.S. illegally. But in a 5-4 decision on Monday, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that barred agents from removing the razor wire absent of medical emergencies, a decision that thrilled the Biden administration.
At the press briefing, Jean-Pierre said the administration is “certainly glad” it can remove the razor wire before making a telling admission about the barrier.
“It got in the way,” she admitted, then claiming it was “ineffective.”
“And that’s something that we have to remember: it was ineffective. And so now, it’s going to allow border security to do their jobs; it’s going to allow border security to actually act if there is an issue or a dangerous situation happening,” she added.
Jean-Pierre then essentially spoke out of both sides of her mouth. While she said the razor wire correctly worked as a barrier (i.e., “it got in the way”) she repeatedly claimed that it was “ineffective” without saying how. Ineffective at letting migrants enter the U.S. illegally?
Moreover, the press secretary failed to explain how exactly the razor wire prevented Border Patrol officers from doing their jobs.
Importantly, a federal judge had already found that Border Patrol agents weren’t doing their jobs once they cut through the razor wire. That judge had agreed with Texas that Border Patrol agents were “not actually apprehending or processing migrants who cross through holes” in the barrier that federal agents had created, SCOTUSblog reported.
While the Supreme Court has allowed the Biden administration to cut through the wire, Texas has not stopped installing it. Video captured on Tuesday showed Texas National Guard soldiers installing more barriers.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), meanwhile, vowed on Tuesday to continue “to hold the line” and “not back down from our efforts to secure the border in Biden’s absence.”
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