Showdown: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Issues Scorching Response to DHS Cease-and-Desist Order Texas Won’t Back Down.
A Texas National Guard HMMV and soldiers guard the now-fenced Shelby Park at Eagle Pass, TX -screen grab courtesy of KSAT 12
On January 14th, the Department of Homeland Security sent a cease-and-desist letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton demanding that the Texas Military Department end it’s “enhanced border security measures in Eagle Pass’s Shelby park.” DHS demanded they comply by today, January 17th. The Gateway Pundit reported that armed Texas National Guardsmen had kicked out U.S. Border Patrol and CBP agents from Eagle Pass’s Shelby Park in the Rio Grande sector.
AG Paxton published a response letter today debunking several claims made by DHS in their original letter,
